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#d2cef6

a pale, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Lavender

Token name suggestion: Chalk Denim

RGB
210, 206, 246
HSL
246°, 69%, 89%
CMYK
15, 16, 0, 4
Luminance
0.6450

#d2cef6 is a pale vivid blue, 246° on the wheel and 80/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.90:1). As text it scores 1.51:1 on white — use #6F62E2 instead. Nearest name is Lavender, nearest Tailwind family is blue.

hsl(246 69% 89%)rgb(210 206 246)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d2cef6 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d2cef6
Hue
246°
blue
Saturation
69%
vivid
Lightness
89%
pale
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
83%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6450
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
80/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.90:1
Closest name
Lavender
ΔE2000 8.4
Chroma
21.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.867
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
blue
500 · ΔE 29.4
Web-safe
#CCCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue246° of 360°
Saturation69%
Lightness89%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d2cef6.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool80% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red21%
Green68%
Blue10%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#d2cef6
HEX (8-digit)#d2cef6ff
RGBrgb(210, 206, 246)
RGBArgba(210, 206, 246, 1)
HSLhsl(246, 69%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246, 16%, 96%)
HWBhwb(246 81% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 16%, 0%, 4%)
LABlab(84.2 9.2 -19.1)
LCHlch(84.2 21.2 295.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.867 0.055 289.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(65.28, 64.50, 96.18)
Decimal13815542
Display P3color(display-p3 0.824 0.808 0.965)
Web-safe#CCCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d2cef6;
background-color: #d2cef6;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d2cef6;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d2cef6] bg-[#d2cef6]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d2cef6;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.824, green: 0.808, blue: 0.965)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.824, green: 0.808, blue: 0.965, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D2CEF6</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD2CEF6)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD2CEF6)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(246, 206, 210)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(210, 206, 246)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(210, 206, 246)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 210, 206, 246)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8235f, 0.8078f, 0.9647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{210,206,246}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d2cef6 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d2cef6 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1D146C, #D5D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d2cef6 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4F3FB;
  --brand-100: #E9E7F8;
  --brand-200: #d2cef6;
  --brand-300: #A8A0EE;
  --brand-400: #7C71E5;
  --brand-500: #5141DC;
  --brand-600: #3726CF;
  --brand-700: #2E20AC;
  --brand-800: #25198A;
  --brand-900: #1E1664;
  --brand-950: #130E3F;
  --brand: #d2cef6;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5F4FA;
  --brand-border: #C4C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #B6B0F0;
  --brand-pressed: #9A92EB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #151424;
    --brand-ink: #D5D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4F3FB',
        100: '#E9E7F8',
        200: '#d2cef6',
        300: '#A8A0EE',
        400: '#7C71E5',
        500: '#5141DC',
        600: '#3726CF',
        700: '#2E20AC',
        800: '#25198A',
        900: '#1E1664',
        950: '#130E3F',
        DEFAULT: '#d2cef6',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4F3FB,
  '100': #E9E7F8,
  '200': #d2cef6,
  '300': #A8A0EE,
  '400': #7C71E5,
  '500': #5141DC,
  '600': #3726CF,
  '700': #2E20AC,
  '800': #25198A,
  '900': #1E1664,
  '950': #130E3F,
);
$brand-base: #d2cef6;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4F3FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9E7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#d2cef6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A8A0EE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7C71E5", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5141DC", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3726CF", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#2E20AC", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#25198A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1E1664", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#130E3F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #d2cef6 · 13.90:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.51:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.90:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d2cef6 as text scores 1.51:1 on white and 13.90:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1D146C at 10.15:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#6F62E2 · 4.64:1
AA on white−25% L
#6F62E2
The quick fox
#4B3BDB · 7.12:1
AAA on white−34% L
#4B3BDB
The quick fox
#d2cef6 · 13.90:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d2cef6
The quick fox
#d2cef6 · 13.90:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d2cef6

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #9389E9 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d2cef6 on white: 1.51:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d2cef6 on black: 13.90:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d2cef6 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d2cef6.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.51:1AaAa
Slate 501.44:1AaAa
Slate 1001.38:1AaAa
Slate 2001.23:1AaAa
Slate 3001.02:1AaAa
Slate 4001.70:1AaAa
Slate 5003.15:1AaAa
Slate 6005.02:1AaAa
Slate 7006.85:1AaAa
Slate 8009.68:1AaAa
Slate 90011.82:1AaAa
Black13.90:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C5D3F8
deuteranopia · #C5D1F5
tritanopia · #CBD4DB

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d2cef6 is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4F3FB
#E9E7F8
#d2cef6
#A8A0EE
#7C71E5
#5141DC
#3726CF
#2E20AC
#25198A
#1E1664
#130E3F
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F4F3FBDarkest = 950 · #130E3FText step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.014 289.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.022 289.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.033 289.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.043 289.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.051 289.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.055 289.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.055 289.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.052 289.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.046 289.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.039 289.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.030 289.8);
}

Colors that work with #d2cef6

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F5F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#C4C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#534B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#B09B1C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1D146C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBE9FB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#151424
Dark-mode background
Hover#B6B0F0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9A92EB
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DEDAFB
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d2cef6

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #1D146C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #9389E9

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight11/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#F2F6CE
Analogous left#CEDEF6
Analogous right#E6CEF6
Split-complement 1#F6E6CE
Split-complement 2#DEF6CE
Triadic 1#F6D2CE
Triadic 2#CEF6D2
Tetradic#F6CEDE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°246°

#d2cef6 sits at 246°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red82.4%
Green80.8%
Blue96.5%
R · 0–255
210
0xd2
G · 0–255
206
0xce
B · 0–255
246
0xf6

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.6%
Magenta16.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)3.5%

Total ink coverage is 34%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d2cef6 text on a black background

contrast 13.90:1

Card sample

#d2cef6 text on a white background

contrast 1.51:1

Card sample

#d2cef6 on grey

1.38:1

#d2cef6 on its own surface

1.38:1

#d2cef6 on its dark surface

12.01:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d2cef6;
Background color
Panel with #d2cef6 background
background-color: #d2cef6;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d2cef6;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(210, 206, 246, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(210, 206, 246, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d2cef6;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d2cef6, #EDCEF6);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d2cef6, #F6CEF5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d2cef6;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d2cef6;
caret-color: #d2cef6;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d2cef6;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBE9FB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d2cef6;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d2cef6 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d2cef6 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(210, 206, 246, 0.5)
rgb(210 206 246 / 50%)
#d2cef680
hsl(246 69% 89% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d2cef6 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d2cef61a#FBFAFE
20%#d2cef633#F6F5FD
40%#d2cef666#EDEBFB
60%#d2cef699#E4E2FA
80%#d2cef6cc#DBD8F8

Gradients from #d2cef6

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #EFEEFC, #d2cef6 45%, #1D146C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d2cef6, #E8B4F1);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d2cef6, #F2F6CE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F3F2FD 0%, #d2cef6 45%, #1D146C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F9FBFE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F5E8FB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1D146C 0%, transparent 65%), #d2cef6;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d2cef6

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#d2cef6 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 13.90:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#d2cef6, answered

What color is #d2cef6?

#d2cef6 is a pale vivid blue, closest to Lavender (ΔE2000 8.4). It sits at 246° on the hue wheel with 69% saturation and 89% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #d2cef6?

rgb(210, 206, 246) — 210 red, 206 green and 246 blue out of 255, or 82.4% / 80.8% / 96.5% by channel.

What is #d2cef6 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(246, 69%, 89%) and hsv(246, 16%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d2cef6 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6450 and perceived brightness is 83%, so black text on it reaches 13.90:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d2cef6?

Black. It scores 13.90:1 against #d2cef6, versus 1.51:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d2cef6 accessible on a white background?

#d2cef6 on white scores 1.51:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6F62E2 to reach 4.5:1, or #4B3BDB for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d2cef6?

#F2F6CE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F6E6CE and #DEF6CE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d2cef6?

For interface work: #F5F4FA as the surface, #C4C0ED for borders, #534B9B for secondary text, #B09B1C as an accent and #1D146C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CEDEF6 and #E6CEF6 stays calm, while #F2F6CE is the loudest partner.

What is #d2cef6 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(15%, 16%, 0%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d2cef6 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 80 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E1CEF6; nudged cooler, #CDD8F7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d2cef6?

The blue family — its 500 step is #3b82f6, ΔE2000 29.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d2cef6 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d2cef6 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d2cef6] or text-[#d2cef6], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #d2cef6 with 50% opacity?

rgba(210, 206, 246, 0.5), or #d2cef680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E9E7FB; over black, #69677B.

Is #d2cef6 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCFF, ΔE2000 3.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d2cef6 mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #d2cef6?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EFEEFC, #d2cef6 45%, #1D146C). For more colour, a short hue run to #E8B4F1 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d2cef6 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d2cef6 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.