#DEC9EF#DEC9EF

#DEC9EF is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.056 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9EF
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(273, 16%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, 14.23, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 21.44, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% 0.0362 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.056 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.5882, 63.5353, 90.4002)
Luminance	0.6353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9EF #DAEFC9

analogous

#CBC9EF #DEC9EF #EFC9ED

triadic

#DEC9EF #EFDEC9 #C9EFDE

tetradic

#DEC9EF #EFCBC9 #DAEFC9 #C9EDEF

square

#DEC9EF #EFCBC9 #DAEFC9 #C9EDEF

split-complementary

#DEC9EF #EDEFC9 #C9EFCB

monochromatic

#A46BD3 #C19AE1 #DEC9EF #F1E7F8 #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DEC9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DEC9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9EF

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9EF	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCCDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.056 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9f4',
    500: '#dec9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9ef;
$custom-light: #e8d9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.158,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8651,
    "c": 0.05637,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9EF

secondary

#ABCD8F

accent

#C2246A

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161417

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9EF

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

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