#DEC9EA#DEC9EA

#DEC9EA is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.050 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9EA
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(278, 44%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(278, 14%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.57, 13.27, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.57, 19.00, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% 0.0345 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.05 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.8597, 63.2439, 86.5637)
Luminance	0.6324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9EA #D5EAC9

analogous

#CDC9EA #DEC9EA #EAC9E5

triadic

#DEC9EA #EADEC9 #C9EADE

tetradic

#DEC9EA #EACDC9 #D5EAC9 #C9E5EA

square

#DEC9EA #EACDC9 #D5EAC9 #C9E5EA

split-complementary

#DEC9EA #E5EAC9 #C9EACD

monochromatic

#A871C8 #C39DD9 #DEC9EA #F2E9F6 #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DEC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#DEC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9EA

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9EA	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDCDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.050 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9f0',
    500: '#dec9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9ea;
$custom-light: #e8d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86341,
    "c": 0.05025,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9EA

secondary

#A5C592

accent

#B72E60

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9EA

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

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