#CA8CEC#CA8CEC

#CA8CEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.148 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8CEC
RGB	rgb(202, 140, 236)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 40.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 40.43, -39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 56.42, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.101 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.148 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8730, 37.3698, 83.9791)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8CEC #AEEC8C

analogous

#9A8CEC #CA8CEC #EC8CDE

triadic

#CA8CEC #ECCA8C #8CECCA

tetradic

#CA8CEC #EC9A8C #AEEC8C #8CDEEC

square

#CA8CEC #EC9A8C #AEEC8C #8CDEEC

split-complementary

#CA8CEC #DEEC8C #8CEC9A

monochromatic

#9924DA #B257E3 #CA8CEC #E2C1F5 #F3E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA8CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CA8CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8CEC

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8CEC	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 140, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.148 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaef2',
    500: '#ca8cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8cec;
$custom-light: #dbaef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73666,
    "c": 0.14848,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8CEC

secondary

#E2F2D9

accent

#D41256

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8CEC

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

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