#DEC8DE#DEC8DE

#DEC8DE is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.038 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC8DE
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 222)
HSL	hsl(300, 25%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, 11.55, -8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 14.10, 324.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% 0.0318 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.038 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.9615, 62.1128, 77.7125)
Luminance	0.6211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC8DE #C8DEC8

analogous

#D3C8DE #DEC8DE #DEC8D3

triadic

#DEC8DE #DEDEC8 #C8DEDE

tetradic

#DEC8DE #DED3C8 #C8DEC8 #C8D3DE

square

#DEC8DE #DED3C8 #C8DEC8 #C8D3DE

split-complementary

#DEC8DE #D3DEC8 #C8DED3

monochromatic

#B07BB0 #C7A2C7 #DEC8DE #F4ECF4 #F4ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DEC8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#DEC8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC8DE

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC8DE	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.038 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d8e8',
    500: '#dec8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec8de;
$custom-light: #e8d8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8576,
    "c": 0.03838,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC8DE

secondary

#95B595

accent

#A44242

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC8DE

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

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