#E9CAEE#E9CAEE

#E9CAEE is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.059 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CAEE
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(292, 51%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(292, 15%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, 17.11, -13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 21.92, 321.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% 0.0463 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.059 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.1553, 65.7387, 89.8654)
Luminance	0.6574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CAEE #CFEECA

analogous

#D7CAEE #E9CAEE #EECAE1

triadic

#E9CAEE #EEE9CA #CAEEE9

tetradic

#E9CAEE #EED7CA #CFEECA #CAE1EE

square

#E9CAEE #EED7CA #CFEECA #CAE1EE

split-complementary

#E9CAEE #E1EECA #CAEED7

monochromatic

#C36DD0 #D69CDF #E9CAEE #F5E8F8 #F5E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E9CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#E9CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CAEE

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CAEE	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.059 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0daf3',
    500: '#e9caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9caee;
$custom-light: #f0daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.667,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87606,
    "c": 0.05907,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CAEE

secondary

#99CB91

accent

#BF273C

background

#FFFEFF

surface

#FEFBFE

border

#D6D4D6

text

#161417

muted

#858385

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CAEE

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

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