#DEC8E0#DEC8E0

#DEC8E0 is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.040 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC8E0
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 224)
HSL	hsl(295, 28%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(295, 11%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 10.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, 11.92, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 14.98, 322.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% 0.0325 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.04 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.2311, 62.2207, 79.1326)
Luminance	0.6222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC8E0 #CAE0C8

analogous

#D2C8E0 #DEC8E0 #E0C8D6

triadic

#DEC8E0 #E0DEC8 #C8E0DE

tetradic

#DEC8E0 #E0D2C8 #CAE0C8 #C8D6E0

square

#DEC8E0 #E0D2C8 #CAE0C8 #C8D6E0

split-complementary

#DEC8E0 #D6E0C8 #C8E0D2

monochromatic

#AF7AB4 #C7A1CA #DEC8E0 #F3EBF4 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DEC8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#DEC8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC8E0

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC8E0	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFCAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.040 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d8e9',
    500: '#dec8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec8e0;
$custom-light: #e8d8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 27.907,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85824,
    "c": 0.04049,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC8E0

secondary

#98B795

accent

#A73F48

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC8E0

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

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