#DEC9EB#DEC9EB

#DEC9EB is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.051 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9EB
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 235)
HSL	hsl(277, 46%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(277, 14%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, 13.46, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 19.49, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% 0.0349 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.051 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.0038, 63.3015, 87.3224)
Luminance	0.6330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9EB #D6EBC9

analogous

#CDC9EB #DEC9EB #EBC9E7

triadic

#DEC9EB #EBDEC9 #C9EBDE

tetradic

#DEC9EB #EBCDC9 #D6EBC9 #C9E7EB

square

#DEC9EB #EBCDC9 #D6EBC9 #C9E7EB

split-complementary

#DEC9EB #E7EBC9 #C9EBCD

monochromatic

#A770CA #C39CDA #DEC9EB #F1E9F7 #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DEC9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DEC9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9EB

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9EB	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDCDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.051 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9f1',
    500: '#dec9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9eb;
$custom-light: #e8d9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86375,
    "c": 0.05147,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9EB

secondary

#A6C791

accent

#B92C62

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9EB

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

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