#CA8BE9#CA8BE9

#CA8BE9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.147 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8BE9
RGB	rgb(202, 139, 233)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 40.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 40.34, -38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 55.59, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.1018 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.147 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2953, 36.9060, 81.6544)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8BE9 #AAE98B

analogous

#9B8BE9 #CA8BE9 #E98BD9

triadic

#CA8BE9 #E9CA8B #8BE9CA

tetradic

#CA8BE9 #E99B8B #AAE98B #8BD9E9

square

#CA8BE9 #E99B8B #AAE98B #8BD9E9

split-complementary

#CA8BE9 #D9E98B #8BE99B

monochromatic

#9A28D2 #B258DF #CA8BE9 #E2BEF3 #F3E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA8BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CA8BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8BE9

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8BE9	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)

#7AA0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C898AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 139, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.147 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaef0',
    500: '#ca8be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8be9;
$custom-light: #dbaef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.213,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73362,
    "c": 0.14674,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8BE9

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D01553

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8BE9

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

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