#E6CEEB#E6CEEB

#E6CEEB is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.047 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CEEB
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(290, 42%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(290, 12%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, 13.44, -11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 17.50, 320.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88% 0.0362 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.047 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6976, 66.9645, 87.8349)
Luminance	0.6696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CEEB #D3EBCE

analogous

#D8CEEB #E6CEEB #EBCEE2

triadic

#E6CEEB #EBE6CE #CEEBE6

tetradic

#E6CEEB #EBD8CE #D3EBCE #CEE2EB

square

#E6CEEB #EBD8CE #D3EBCE #CEE2EB

split-complementary

#E6CEEB #E2EBCE #CEEBD8

monochromatic

#BA77C8 #D0A3D9 #E6CEEB #F4E9F6 #F4E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E6CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CEEB

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CEEB	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.047 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeddf1',
    500: '#e6ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ceeb;
$custom-light: #eeddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.655,
    "s": 42.029,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88,
    "c": 0.04698,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CEEB

secondary

#9FC697

accent

#B53047

background

#FFFEFF

surface

#FEFCFE

border

#D6D5D6

text

#161516

muted

#858485

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CEEB

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

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