#DEC9EE#DEC9EE

#DEC9EE is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.055 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9EE
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(274, 52%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(274, 16%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, 14.04, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 20.95, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% 0.0359 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.055 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.4408, 63.4763, 89.6243)
Luminance	0.6348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9EE #D9EEC9

analogous

#CBC9EE #DEC9EE #EEC9EB

triadic

#DEC9EE #EEDEC9 #C9EEDE

tetradic

#DEC9EE #EECBC9 #D9EEC9 #C9EBEE

square

#DEC9EE #EECBC9 #D9EEC9 #C9EBEE

split-complementary

#DEC9EE #EBEEC9 #C9EECB

monochromatic

#A56CD1 #C29ADF #DEC9EE #F1E8F8 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DEC9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DEC9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9EE

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9EE	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDCDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.055 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9f3',
    500: '#dec9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9ee;
$custom-light: #e8d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.054,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86476,
    "c": 0.05514,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9EE

secondary

#AACB90

accent

#C02668

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161417

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9EE

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

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