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#DEC4FC — Pale Vivid Purple

#DEC4FC is a purple color we call Pale Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #DEC4FC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DEC4FC is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E2FCC5; it also sits naturally between #C5C7FC and #FAC5FC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DEC4FC · RGB 222, 196, 252

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Color values

HEX#DEC4FC
RGB222, 196, 252
HSL268°, 90%, 88%
HSV268°, 22%, 99%
CMYK12%, 22%, 0%, 1%
XYZ67.43, 62.04, 100.52
Yxy62.04, 0.2932, 0.2697
CIE-Lab82.93, 19.51, -24.16
Hunter Lab78.76, 19.50, -25.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 77% · Blue 99%

Cyan 12% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DEC4FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DEC4FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DEC4FC

.text { color: #DEC4FC; }
.background { background-color: #DEC4FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEC4FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 196, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(268, 90%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEC4FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 196, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEC4FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 196, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DEC4FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DEC4FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DEC4FC

#C99EFA#B172F8#9B4CF6#8320F3#6E0CDF#5B0AB8#46078D#320566#1D033A#0A0113

Tints of #DEC4FC

#E1CAFC#E4CFFC#E4CFFC#E7D3FD#E9D8FD#ECDDFD#EFE2FD#EFE2FD#F1E7FE#F4ECFE

Tones of #DEC4FC

#DFC9F8#DFCDF4#DFD1F0#E0D4EC#E0D8E8#E0DCE4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E2FCC5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.57:1 Fails
Against black text13.41:1 AAA

Best text color on #DEC4FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEC4FC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DEC4FC: ·

How #DEC4FC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #D3D3EEDeuteranopia · #D4D6EBTritanopia · #DDE4E1

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DEC4FC rather than the exact color:

Cosmic Ruby Garden
#E0C5F7 · #963BE3 · #7420BC · #280A42
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7
Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6
Palette Fff3da
#FFF3DA · #DFCCFB · #D0BFFF · #BEADFA
Palette Beadfa
#BEADFA · #D0BFFF · #DFCCFB · #FFF8C9
Cosmic Ruby Bloom
#5CCA19 · #5FE639 · #AA44E8 · #DFC7F4

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#E0C5F7#DCBFFF#DDC8F6#DFCCFB#DFC7F4#E4C7F6#DBC4F0#E0CAF1#D7C3F1#DACAF1#DBCBF1#DCC1EF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DEC4FB  ·  #DEC4FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEC4FC?

#DEC4FC is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 222, 196, 252). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEC4FC?

#DEC4FC is RGB 222, 196, 252 — HSL 268°, 90%, 88% — CMYK 12%, 22%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #DEC4FC?

Its complement is #E2FCC5; analogous partners are #C5C7FC and #FAC5FC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEC4FC for text?

Black text on #DEC4FC has a contrast ratio of 13.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.57:1.