#DEC9DE#DEC9DE

#DEC9DE is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.037 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9DE
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 222)
HSL	hsl(300, 24%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, 11.02, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 13.46, 324.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% 0.0303 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.037 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.1938, 62.5775, 77.7900)
Luminance	0.6258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9DE #C9DEC9

analogous

#D3C9DE #DEC9DE #DEC9D3

triadic

#DEC9DE #DEDEC9 #C9DEDE

tetradic

#DEC9DE #DED3C9 #C9DEC9 #C9D3DE

square

#DEC9DE #DED3C9 #C9DEC9 #C9D3DE

split-complementary

#DEC9DE #D3DEC9 #C9DED3

monochromatic

#B07DB0 #C7A3C7 #DEC9DE #F3ECF3 #F3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DEC9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#DEC9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9DE

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9DE	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0CBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.037 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9e8',
    500: '#dec9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9de;
$custom-light: #e8d9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85952,
    "c": 0.03661,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9DE

secondary

#96B596

accent

#A34343

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFC

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9DE

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

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