#CA8AE4#CA8AE4

#CA8AE4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.143 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8AE4
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 228)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(283, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 39.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 39.84, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 53.81, 317.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.1023 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.143 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4471, 36.3361, 77.8979)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8AE4 #A4E48A

analogous

#9D8AE4 #CA8AE4 #E48AD1

triadic

#CA8AE4 #E4CA8A #8AE4CA

tetradic

#CA8AE4 #E49D8A #A4E48A #8AD1E4

square

#CA8AE4 #E49D8A #A4E48A #8AD1E4

split-complementary

#CA8AE4 #D1E48A #8AE49D

monochromatic

#9A2EC6 #B358D9 #CA8AE4 #E1BCEF #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CA8AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#CA8AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8AE4

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8AE4	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C996AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.143 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaded',
    500: '#ca8ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8ae4;
$custom-light: #dbaded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.667,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8AE4

secondary

#E0F0D9

accent

#CA1B4E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8AE4

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

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