#E9CAEF#E9CAEF

#E9CAEF is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.060 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CAEF
RGB	rgb(233, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(290, 15%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, 17.30, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 22.37, 320.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% 0.0466 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.06 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.3026, 65.7977, 90.6413)
Luminance	0.6580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CAEF #D0EFCA

analogous

#D7CAEF #E9CAEF #EFCAE3

triadic

#E9CAEF #EFE9CA #CAEFE9

tetradic

#E9CAEF #EFD7CA #D0EFCA #CAE3EF

square

#E9CAEF #EFD7CA #D0EFCA #CAE3EF

split-complementary

#E9CAEF #E3EFCA #CAEFD7

monochromatic

#C26CD3 #D59BE1 #E9CAEF #F5E7F8 #F5E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E9CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E9CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CAEF

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CAEF	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.060 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0daf4',
    500: '#e9caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9caef;
$custom-light: #f0daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.27,
    "s": 53.623,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87639,
    "c": 0.06017,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CAEF

secondary

#9ACD90

accent

#C1243E

background

#FFFEFF

surface

#FEFBFE

border

#D6D4D6

text

#161417

muted

#858385

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CAEF

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

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