#CA8CEB#CA8CEB

#CA8CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.147 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8CEB
RGB	rgb(202, 140, 235)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 40.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 40.22, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 55.93, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.1008 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.147 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7281, 37.3119, 83.2161)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8CEB #ADEB8C

analogous

#9A8CEB #CA8CEB #EB8CDC

triadic

#CA8CEB #EBCA8C #8CEBCA

tetradic

#CA8CEB #EB9A8C #ADEB8C #8CDCEB

square

#CA8CEB #EB9A8C #ADEB8C #8CDCEB

split-complementary

#CA8CEB #DCEB8C #8CEB9A

monochromatic

#9925D7 #B258E2 #CA8CEB #E2C0F4 #F3E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA8CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CA8CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8CEB

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8CEB	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C799B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 140, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.147 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaef2',
    500: '#ca8ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8ceb;
$custom-light: #dbaef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.158,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73619,
    "c": 0.14733,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8CEB

secondary

#E2F2D9

accent

#D21356

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8CEB

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

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