#E5CEEB#E5CEEB

#E5CEEB is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.046 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CEEB
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(288, 42%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(288, 12%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, 13.11, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 17.33, 319.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% 0.0351 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.046 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.3776, 66.7995, 87.8199)
Luminance	0.6680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CEEB #D4EBCE

analogous

#D7CEEB #E5CEEB #EBCEE3

triadic

#E5CEEB #EBE5CE #CEEBE5

tetradic

#E5CEEB #EBD7CE #D4EBCE #CEE3EB

square

#E5CEEB #EBD7CE #D4EBCE #CEE3EB

split-complementary

#E5CEEB #E3EBCE #CEEBD7

monochromatic

#B777C8 #CEA3D9 #E5CEEB #F3E9F6 #F3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E5CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#E5CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CEEB

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CEEB	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.046 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edddf1',
    500: '#e5ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ceeb;
$custom-light: #edddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 42.029,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87915,
    "c": 0.04641,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CEEB

secondary

#A1C697

accent

#B5304C

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FDFCFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161516

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CEEB

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

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