#CA8AEC#CA8AEC

#CA8AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.152 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8AEC
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 41.50, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 57.67, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.1038 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.152 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5834, 36.7906, 83.8826)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8AEC #ACEC8A

analogous

#998AEC #CA8AEC #EC8ADD

triadic

#CA8AEC #ECCA8A #8AECCA

tetradic

#CA8AEC #EC998A #ACEC8A #8ADDEC

square

#CA8AEC #EC998A #ACEC8A #8ADDEC

split-complementary

#CA8AEC #DDEC8A #8AEC99

monochromatic

#9A23D8 #B255E3 #CA8AEC #E2BFF5 #F3E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CA8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8AEC

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8AEC	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C798B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.152 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbadf2',
    500: '#ca8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8aec;
$custom-light: #dbadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7334,
    "c": 0.15183,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8AEC

secondary

#E2F2D9

accent

#D41155

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8AEC

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

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