#DECAF8#DECAF8

#DECAF8 is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.066 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECAF8
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 248)
HSL	hsl(266, 77%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(266, 19%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, 15.48, -20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 25.32, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% 0.0377 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.066 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.1848, 64.5481, 97.6557)
Luminance	0.6455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECAF8 #E4F8CA

analogous

#CACDF8 #DECAF8 #F5CAF8

triadic

#DECAF8 #F8DECA #CAF8DE

tetradic

#DECAF8 #F8CACD #E4F8CA #CAF8F5

square

#DECAF8 #F8CACD #E4F8CA #CAF8F5

split-complementary

#DECAF8 #F8F5CA #CDF8CA

monochromatic

#9B5EEA #BC94F1 #DECAF8 #EEE4FB #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DECAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#DECAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECAF8

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECAF8	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2D2FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D2F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decaf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.066 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dafa',
    500: '#decaf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decaf8;
$custom-light: #e8dafa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decaf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 88.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87013,
    "c": 0.06608,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECAF8

secondary

#B8DC8A

accent

#D90D80

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFF

border

#D5D4D7

text

#161417

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECAF8

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

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