#CA8AEF#CA8AEF

#CA8AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.155 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8AEF
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 42.14, -41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 59.13, 315.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.1043 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.155 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0229, 36.9664, 86.1974)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8AEF #AFEF8A

analogous

#988AEF #CA8AEF #EF8AE2

triadic

#CA8AEF #EFCA8A #8AEFCA

tetradic

#CA8AEF #EF988A #AFEF8A #8AE2EF

square

#CA8AEF #EF988A #AFEF8A #8AE2EF

split-complementary

#CA8AEF #E2EF8A #8AEF98

monochromatic

#991FE0 #B254E8 #CA8AEF #E2C0F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CA8AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CA8AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8AEF

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8AEF	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C699B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.155 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcadf4',
    500: '#ca8aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8aef;
$custom-light: #dcadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.02,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73482,
    "c": 0.15524,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8AEF

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D80D58

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8AEF

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

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