#CA55E6#CA55E6

#CA55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.227 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA55E6
RGB	rgb(202, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(288, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 66.49, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 84.97, 321.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.1723 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.227 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8867, 24.7686, 77.4220)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA55E6 #71E655

analogous

#8255E6 #CA55E6 #E655BA

triadic

#CA55E6 #E6CA55 #55E6CA

tetradic

#CA55E6 #E68255 #71E655 #55BAE6

square

#CA55E6 #E68255 #71E655 #55BAE6

split-complementary

#CA55E6 #BAE655 #55E682

monochromatic

#8C19A8 #B921DD #CA55E6 #DB8AEE #EBC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#CA55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#CA55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA55E6

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA55E6	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A80EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.227 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8cee',
    500: '#ca55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca55e6;
$custom-light: #de8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.414,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65665,
    "c": 0.22706,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA55E6

secondary

#BBE6B1

accent

#D60F36

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA55E6

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

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