#CA8BC9#CA8BC9

#CA8BC9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8BC9
RGB	rgb(202, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(301, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(301, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 0.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 34.00, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 40.75, 326.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0943 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.112 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1314, 35.2405, 59.7244)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8BC9 #8BCA8C

analogous

#AC8BCA #CA8BC9 #CA8BAA

triadic

#CA8BC9 #C9CA8B #8BC9CA

tetradic

#CA8BC9 #CAAC8B #8BCA8C #8BAACA

square

#CA8BC9 #CAAC8B #8BCA8C #8BAACA

split-complementary

#CA8BC9 #AACA8B #8BCAAC

monochromatic

#964595 #B761B5 #CA8BC9 #DDB5DD #F0DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CA8BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#CA8BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8BC9

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8BC9	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE90A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaed9',
    500: '#ca8bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8bc9;
$custom-light: #dbaed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.952,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71983,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8BC9

secondary

#CEE2CF

accent

#B03735

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF4FA

border

#D4CED3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8BC9

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

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