#DEC5EC#DEC5EC

#DEC5EC is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.060 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC5EC
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(278, 17%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, 15.79, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 22.51, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% 0.041 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.06 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.2283, 61.5188, 87.7787)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC5EC #D3ECC5

analogous

#CBC5EC #DEC5EC #ECC5E6

triadic

#DEC5EC #ECDEC5 #C5ECDE

tetradic

#DEC5EC #ECCBC5 #D3ECC5 #C5E6EC

square

#DEC5EC #ECCBC5 #D3ECC5 #C5E6EC

split-complementary

#DEC5EC #E6ECC5 #C5ECCB

monochromatic

#AA69CE #C497DD #DEC5EC #F2E8F7 #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DEC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#DEC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC5EC

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC5EC	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDC9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.060 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6f2',
    500: '#dec5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec5ec;
$custom-light: #e8d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 84.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85652,
    "c": 0.05954,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC5EC

secondary

#A2C98D

accent

#BE275E

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC5EC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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