#DEC9E2#DEC9E2

#DEC9E2 is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.041 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9E2
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 226)
HSL	hsl(290, 30%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(290, 11%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.33, 11.76, -9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.33, 15.23, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.08% 0.0317 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(86.08% 0.041 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.7363, 62.7945, 80.6470)
Luminance	0.6279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9E2 #CDE2C9

analogous

#D1C9E2 #DEC9E2 #E2C9D9

triadic

#DEC9E2 #E2DEC9 #C9E2DE

tetradic

#DEC9E2 #E2D1C9 #CDE2C9 #C9D9E2

square

#DEC9E2 #E2D1C9 #CDE2C9 #C9D9E2

split-complementary

#DEC9E2 #D9E2C9 #C9E2D1

monochromatic

#AD79B7 #C6A1CD #DEC9E2 #F3EBF4 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DEC9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DEC9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9E2

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9E2	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFCBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.041 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9eb',
    500: '#dec9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9e2;
$custom-light: #e8d9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.4,
    "s": 30.12,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86079,
    "c": 0.04093,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9E2

secondary

#9BBA95

accent

#A93D4E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFD

border

#D5D4D5

text

#161416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9E2

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

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