#DEC8E6#DEC8E6

#DEC8E6 is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.047 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC8E6
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 38%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(284, 13%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, 13.04, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 17.73, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% 0.0346 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.047 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.0592, 62.5519, 83.4939)
Luminance	0.6255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC8E6 #D0E6C8

analogous

#CFC8E6 #DEC8E6 #E6C8DF

triadic

#DEC8E6 #E6DEC8 #C8E6DE

tetradic

#DEC8E6 #E6CFC8 #D0E6C8 #C8DFE6

square

#DEC8E6 #E6CFC8 #D0E6C8 #C8DFE6

split-complementary

#DEC8E6 #DFE6C8 #C8E6CF

monochromatic

#AC74C0 #C59ED3 #DEC8E6 #F2EAF5 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DEC8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DEC8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC8E6

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC8E6	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DECBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.047 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d8ee',
    500: '#dec8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec8e6;
$custom-light: #e8d8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86018,
    "c": 0.04724,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC8E6

secondary

#9FC093

accent

#B03556

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC8E6

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

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