#CA87E6#CA87E6

#CA87E6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.150 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA87E6
RGB	rgb(202, 135, 230)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(282, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 41.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 41.87, -38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 56.64, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.1069 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.15 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3018, 35.5988, 79.2271)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA87E6 #A3E687

analogous

#9B87E6 #CA87E6 #E687D3

triadic

#CA87E6 #E6CA87 #87E6CA

tetradic

#CA87E6 #E69B87 #A3E687 #87D3E6

square

#CA87E6 #E69B87 #A3E687 #87D3E6

split-complementary

#CA87E6 #D3E687 #87E69B

monochromatic

#9A2AC9 #B454DB #CA87E6 #E0BAF1 #F4E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CA87E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#CA87E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA87E6

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA87E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA87E6	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C994AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca87e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 135, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.150 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbabee',
    500: '#ca87e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca87e6;
$custom-light: #dbabee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca87e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.316,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72572,
    "c": 0.15011,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA87E6

secondary

#DFF1D8

accent

#CD184E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA87E6

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

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