#E0CEEB#E0CEEB

#E0CEEB is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.044 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CEEB
RGB	rgb(224, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(277, 42%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(277, 12%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, 11.46, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 16.59, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% 0.0298 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.044 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.8047, 65.9885, 87.7462)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CEEB #D9EBCE

analogous

#D2CEEB #E0CEEB #EBCEE8

triadic

#E0CEEB #EBE0CE #CEEBE0

tetradic

#E0CEEB #EBD2CE #D9EBCE #CEE8EB

square

#E0CEEB #EBD2CE #D9EBCE #CEE8EB

split-complementary

#E0CEEB #E8EBCE #CEEBD2

monochromatic

#A977C8 #C5A3D9 #E0CEEB #F1E9F6 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E0CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E0CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CEEB

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CEEB	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFD1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.044 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ddf1',
    500: '#e0ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0ceeb;
$custom-light: #e9ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 42.029,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87495,
    "c": 0.04382,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CEEB

secondary

#A9C697

accent

#B53063

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FDFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161516

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CEEB

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

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