#DEC9EC#DEC9EC

#DEC9EC is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.053 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9EC
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 236)
HSL	hsl(276, 48%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(276, 15%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.63, 13.65, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.63, 19.97, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.41% 0.0352 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(86.41% 0.053 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.1486, 63.3594, 88.0854)
Luminance	0.6336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9EC #D7ECC9

analogous

#CCC9EC #DEC9EC #ECC9E8

triadic

#DEC9EC #ECDEC9 #C9ECDE

tetradic

#DEC9EC #ECCCC9 #D7ECC9 #C9E8EC

square

#DEC9EC #ECCCC9 #D7ECC9 #C9E8EC

split-complementary

#DEC9EC #E8ECC9 #C9ECCC

monochromatic

#A76ECC #C29CDC #DEC9EC #F1E8F7 #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DEC9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#DEC9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9EC

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9EC	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDCDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.053 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9f2',
    500: '#dec9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9ec;
$custom-light: #e8d9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 85.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86408,
    "c": 0.05267,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9EC

secondary

#A7C891

accent

#BB2A64

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9EC

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

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