#E9CAEB#E9CAEB

#E9CAEB is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.056 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CAEB
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(296, 45%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(296, 14%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, 16.56, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 20.59, 323.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% 0.0453 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.056 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.7182, 65.5639, 87.5635)
Luminance	0.6556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CAEB #CCEBCA

analogous

#D8CAEB #E9CAEB #EBCADC

triadic

#E9CAEB #EBE9CA #CAEBE9

tetradic

#E9CAEB #EBD8CA #CCEBCA #CADCEB

square

#E9CAEB #EBD8CA #CCEBCA #CADCEB

split-complementary

#E9CAEB #DCEBCA #CAEBD8

monochromatic

#C471C9 #D79EDA #E9CAEB #F6E9F7 #F6E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#E9CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CAEB

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CAEB	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.056 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0daf1',
    500: '#e9caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9caeb;
$custom-light: #f0daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.364,
    "s": 45.205,
    "l": 85.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87507,
    "c": 0.05585,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CAEB

secondary

#96C793

accent

#B82D36

background

#FFFEFF

surface

#FEFBFE

border

#D6D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#858385

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CAEB

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

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