#CA8BE8#CA8BE8

#CA8BE8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.146 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8BE8
RGB	rgb(202, 139, 232)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 40.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 40.13, -37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 55.10, 316.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.1016 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.146 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1529, 36.8490, 80.9042)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8BE8 #A9E88B

analogous

#9B8BE8 #CA8BE8 #E88BD7

triadic

#CA8BE8 #E8CA8B #8BE8CA

tetradic

#CA8BE8 #E89B8B #A9E88B #8BD7E8

square

#CA8BE8 #E89B8B #A9E88B #8BD7E8

split-complementary

#CA8BE8 #D7E88B #8BE89B

monochromatic

#9A29CF #B358DE #CA8BE8 #E1BEF2 #F3E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA8BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CA8BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8BE8

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8BE8	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C898AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 139, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.146 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaeef',
    500: '#ca8be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8be8;
$custom-light: #dbaeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.645,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73316,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8BE8

secondary

#E1F1DA

accent

#CF1752

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8BE8

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

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