#CA8CD9#CA8CD9

#CA8CD9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.127 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8CD9
RGB	rgb(202, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(288, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 36.54, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 47.33, 320.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0969 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.127 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2580, 36.3238, 70.2066)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8CD9 #9BD98C

analogous

#A48CD9 #CA8CD9 #D98CC1

triadic

#CA8CD9 #D9CA8C #8CD9CA

tetradic

#CA8CD9 #D9A48C #9BD98C #8CC1D9

square

#CA8CD9 #D9A48C #9BD98C #8CC1D9

split-complementary

#CA8CD9 #C1D98C #8CD9A4

monochromatic

#993AB0 #B55ECA #CA8CD9 #DFBAE8 #F4E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CA8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#CA8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8CD9

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8CD9	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB95A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.127 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaee5',
    500: '#ca8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8cd9;
$custom-light: #dbaee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.312,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8CD9

secondary

#DAEBD6

accent

#BE2845

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FC

border

#D4CED5

text

#151015

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8CD9

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

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