#DECAF5#DECAF5

#DECAF5 is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.062 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECAF5
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 245)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(268, 18%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, 14.88, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 23.81, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.91% 0.0367 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(86.91% 0.062 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.7232, 64.3634, 95.2241)
Luminance	0.6436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECAF5 #E1F5CA

analogous

#CACBF5 #DECAF5 #F3CAF5

triadic

#DECAF5 #F5DECA #CAF5DE

tetradic

#DECAF5 #F5CACB #E1F5CA #CAF5F3

square

#DECAF5 #F5CACB #E1F5CA #CAF5F3

split-complementary

#DECAF5 #F5F3CA #CBF5CA

monochromatic

#9E63E2 #BE97EB #DECAF5 #EFE5FA #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DECAF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DECAF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECAF5

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECAF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECAF5	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D1F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D2F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decaf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.062 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8daf8',
    500: '#decaf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decaf5;
$custom-light: #e8daf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decaf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.907,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 87.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86907,
    "c": 0.06224,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECAF5

secondary

#B4D78D

accent

#D01579

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFF

border

#D5D4D7

text

#161417

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECAF5

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

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