#E4DCE8#E4DCE8

#E4DCE8 is a very light, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.018 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DCE8
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 232)
HSL	hsl(280, 21%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(280, 5%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.69, 4.87, -4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.69, 6.90, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% 0.0129 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.018 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.1512, 73.5068, 86.7155)
Luminance	0.7351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DCE8 #E0E8DC

analogous

#DEDCE8 #E4DCE8 #E8DCE6

triadic

#E4DCE8 #E8E4DC #DCE8E4

tetradic

#E4DCE8 #E8DEDC #E0E8DC #DCE6E8

square

#E4DCE8 #E8DEDC #E0E8DC #DCE6E8

split-complementary

#E4DCE8 #E6E8DC #DCE8DE

monochromatic

#AB92B7 #C8B7D0 #E4DCE8 #F1EDF3 #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4DCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#E4DCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DCE8

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DCE8	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBDEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCDFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4DDE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.018 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece6ef',
    500: '#e4dce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dce8;
$custom-light: #ece6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 20.69,
    "l": 88.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90431,
    "c": 0.01827,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DCE8

secondary

#B0BFA9

accent

#9F4664

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FDFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161616

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DCE8

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

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