#CA8AEE#CA8AEE

#CA8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.154 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8AEE
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 41.93, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 58.64, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.1042 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.154 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8756, 36.9075, 85.4215)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8AEE #AEEE8A

analogous

#988AEE #CA8AEE #EE8AE0

triadic

#CA8AEE #EECA8A #8AEECA

tetradic

#CA8AEE #EE988A #AEEE8A #8AE0EE

square

#CA8AEE #EE988A #AEEE8A #8AE0EE

split-complementary

#CA8AEE #E0EE8A #8AEE98

monochromatic

#9920DD #B255E6 #CA8AEE #E2BFF6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CA8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8AEE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8AEE	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C799B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.154 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcadf4',
    500: '#ca8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8aee;
$custom-light: #dcadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8AEE

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D70F57

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8AEE

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

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