#CA8BE7#CA8BE7

#CA8BE7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.144 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8BE7
RGB	rgb(202, 139, 231)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 39.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 39.92, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 54.62, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.1014 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.144 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0113, 36.7924, 80.1583)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8BE7 #A8E78B

analogous

#9C8BE7 #CA8BE7 #E78BD6

triadic

#CA8BE7 #E7CA8B #8BE7CA

tetradic

#CA8BE7 #E79C8B #A8E78B #8BD6E7

square

#CA8BE7 #E79C8B #A8E78B #8BD6E7

split-complementary

#CA8BE7 #D6E78B #8BE79C

monochromatic

#9A2ACD #B358DD #CA8BE7 #E1BEF1 #F3E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA8BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CA8BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8BE7

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8BE7	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)

#7BA0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C898AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 139, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.144 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaeef',
    500: '#ca8be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8be7;
$custom-light: #dbaeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.087,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7327,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8BE7

secondary

#E1F1DA

accent

#CE1851

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8BE7

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

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