Palettes / Colors / #DEC5FA

#DEC5FA — Pale Vivid Purple

#DEC5FA 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 #DEC5FA 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.

#DEC5FA 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 #E2FAC7; it also sits naturally between #C7C8FA and #F8C7FA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 77% · Blue 98%

Cyan 11% · Magenta 21% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DEC5FA

.text { color: #DEC5FA; }
.background { background-color: #DEC5FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEC5FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 197, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(268, 84%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEC5FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 197, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEC5FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 197, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DEC5FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DEC5FA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E2FAC7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DEC5FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEC5FA

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:

How #DEC5FA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DEC5FA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DEC5F9  ·  #DEC5FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEC5FA?

#DEC5FA is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 222, 197, 250). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEC5FA?

#DEC5FA is RGB 222, 197, 250 — HSL 268°, 84%, 88% — CMYK 11%, 21%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #DEC5FA?

Its complement is #E2FAC7; analogous partners are #C7C8FA and #F8C7FA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEC5FA for text?

Black text on #DEC5FA has a contrast ratio of 13.47:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.56:1.