#DEC5ED#DEC5ED

#DEC5ED is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.061 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC5ED
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 237)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(278, 17%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, 15.98, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 22.99, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% 0.0413 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.061 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.3740, 61.5771, 88.5459)
Luminance	0.6158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC5ED #D4EDC5

analogous

#CAC5ED #DEC5ED #EDC5E8

triadic

#DEC5ED #EDDEC5 #C5EDDE

tetradic

#DEC5ED #EDCAC5 #D4EDC5 #C5E8ED

square

#DEC5ED #EDCAC5 #D4EDC5 #C5E8ED

split-complementary

#DEC5ED #E8EDC5 #C5EDCA

monochromatic

#A968D0 #C396DF #DEC5ED #F2E8F8 #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DEC5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#DEC5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC5ED

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC5ED	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDCAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.061 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6f2',
    500: '#dec5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec5ed;
$custom-light: #e8d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85687,
    "c": 0.06074,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC5ED

secondary

#A3CA8C

accent

#C0255F

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161417

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC5ED

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

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