#CA55E5#CA55E5

#CA55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.226 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA55E5
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(289, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 66.30, -52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 84.53, 321.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.1723 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.226 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7467, 24.7126, 76.6846)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA55E5 #70E555

analogous

#8255E5 #CA55E5 #E555B8

triadic

#CA55E5 #E5CA55 #55E5CA

tetradic

#CA55E5 #E58255 #70E555 #55B8E5

square

#CA55E5 #E58255 #70E555 #55B8E5

split-complementary

#CA55E5 #B8E555 #55E582

monochromatic

#8C19A6 #B822DB #CA55E5 #DB8AED #EBBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#CA55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#CA55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA55E5

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA55E5	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C80E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.226 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8cee',
    500: '#ca55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca55e5;
$custom-light: #de8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65608,
    "c": 0.22616,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA55E5

secondary

#BAE6B0

accent

#D61035

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA55E5

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

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