#DEC9DC#DEC9DC

#DEC9DC is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.035 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9DC
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(306, 24%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(306, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 0.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, 10.65, -6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 12.61, 327.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% 0.0296 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.035 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.9274, 62.4709, 76.3867)
Luminance	0.6247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9DC #C9DECB

analogous

#D5C9DE #DEC9DC #DEC9D1

triadic

#DEC9DC #DCDEC9 #C9DCDE

tetradic

#DEC9DC #DED5C9 #C9DECB #C9D1DE

square

#DEC9DC #DED5C9 #C9DECB #C9D1DE

split-complementary

#DEC9DC #D1DEC9 #C9DED5

monochromatic

#B07DAB #C7A3C3 #DEC9DC #F3ECF3 #F3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DEC9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#DEC9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9DC

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9DC	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.035 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9e6',
    500: '#dec9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9dc;
$custom-light: #e8d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.714,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8589,
    "c": 0.03457,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9DC

secondary

#96B599

accent

#A34C43

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9DC

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

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