#DEC5EE#DEC5EE

#DEC5EE is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.062 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC5EE
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(277, 17%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, 16.17, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 23.48, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% 0.0416 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.062 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.5205, 61.6357, 89.3175)
Luminance	0.6163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC5EE #D5EEC5

analogous

#C9C5EE #DEC5EE #EEC5EA

triadic

#DEC5EE #EEDEC5 #C5EEDE

tetradic

#DEC5EE #EEC9C5 #D5EEC5 #C5EAEE

square

#DEC5EE #EEC9C5 #D5EEC5 #C5EAEE

split-complementary

#DEC5EE #EAEEC5 #C5EEC9

monochromatic

#A866D2 #C396E0 #DEC5EE #F2E7F8 #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DEC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#DEC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC5EE

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC5EE	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDCAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.062 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6f3',
    500: '#dec5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec5ee;
$custom-light: #e8d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.585,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85721,
    "c": 0.06196,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC5EE

secondary

#A5CC8C

accent

#C22361

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161417

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC5EE

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

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