#E3CEEB#E3CEEB

#E3CEEB is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.045 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CEEB
RGB	rgb(227, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(283, 42%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(283, 12%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, 12.45, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 17.02, 317.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% 0.033 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.045 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.7429, 66.4722, 87.7901)
Luminance	0.6647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CEEB #D6EBCE

analogous

#D5CEEB #E3CEEB #EBCEE5

triadic

#E3CEEB #EBE3CE #CEEBE3

tetradic

#E3CEEB #EBD5CE #D6EBCE #CEE5EB

square

#E3CEEB #EBD5CE #D6EBCE #CEE5EB

split-complementary

#E3CEEB #E5EBCE #CEEBD5

monochromatic

#B177C8 #CAA3D9 #E3CEEB #F3E9F6 #F3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E3CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#E3CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CEEB

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CEEB	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.045 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebddf1',
    500: '#e3ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ceeb;
$custom-light: #ebddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.448,
    "s": 42.029,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87746,
    "c": 0.0453,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CEEB

secondary

#A4C697

accent

#B53055

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FDFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161516

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CEEB

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

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