#CA8ADE#CA8ADE

#CA8ADE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8ADE
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 38.63, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 50.95, 319.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.101 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.136 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6286, 36.0087, 73.5872)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8ADE #9EDE8A

analogous

#A08ADE #CA8ADE #DE8AC8

triadic

#CA8ADE #DECA8A #8ADECA

tetradic

#CA8ADE #DEA08A #9EDE8A #8AC8DE

square

#CA8ADE #DEA08A #9EDE8A #8AC8DE

split-complementary

#CA8ADE #C8DE8A #8ADEA0

monochromatic

#9A34B9 #B45AD1 #CA8ADE #E0BAEB #F4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CA8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#CA8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8ADE

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8ADE	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA94AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbade8',
    500: '#ca8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8ade;
$custom-light: #dbade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72698,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8ADE

secondary

#DCEDD6

accent

#C42248

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FC

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8ADE

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

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