#E5CAEE#E5CAEE

#E5CAEE is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.057 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CAEE
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(285, 51%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(285, 15%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, 15.80, -14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 21.27, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% 0.042 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.057 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.8639, 65.0729, 89.8049)
Luminance	0.6507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CAEE #D3EECA

analogous

#D3CAEE #E5CAEE #EECAE5

triadic

#E5CAEE #EEE5CA #CAEEE5

tetradic

#E5CAEE #EED3CA #D3EECA #CAE5EE

square

#E5CAEE #EED3CA #D3EECA #CAE5EE

split-complementary

#E5CAEE #E5EECA #CAEED3

monochromatic

#B86DD0 #CE9CDF #E5CAEE #F4E8F8 #F4E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#E5CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CAEE

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CAEE	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.057 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddaf3',
    500: '#e5caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5caee;
$custom-light: #eddaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8726,
    "c": 0.05677,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CAEE

secondary

#A0CB91

accent

#BF274D

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FDFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161417

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CAEE

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

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