#DEC9DD#DEC9DD

#DEC9DD is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.036 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9DD
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(303, 24%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(303, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 0.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, 10.83, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 13.03, 326.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% 0.03 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.036 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.0602, 62.5241, 77.0862)
Luminance	0.6252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9DD #C9DECA

analogous

#D4C9DE #DEC9DD #DEC9D2

triadic

#DEC9DD #DDDEC9 #C9DDDE

tetradic

#DEC9DD #DED4C9 #C9DECA #C9D2DE

square

#DEC9DD #DED4C9 #C9DECA #C9D2DE

split-complementary

#DEC9DD #D2DEC9 #C9DED4

monochromatic

#B07DAD #C7A3C5 #DEC9DD #F3ECF3 #F3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DEC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DEC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9DD

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9DD	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.036 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9e7',
    500: '#dec9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9dd;
$custom-light: #e8d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.857,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85921,
    "c": 0.03558,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9DD

secondary

#96B598

accent

#A34743

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9DD

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

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