#CA8CED#CA8CED

#CA8CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.150 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8CED
RGB	rgb(202, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 40.64, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 56.91, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.1012 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.15 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0187, 37.4281, 84.7464)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8CED #AFED8C

analogous

#9A8CED #CA8CED #ED8CDF

triadic

#CA8CED #EDCA8C #8CEDCA

tetradic

#CA8CED #ED9A8C #AFED8C #8CDFED

square

#CA8CED #ED9A8C #AFED8C #8CDFED

split-complementary

#CA8CED #DFED8C #8CED9A

monochromatic

#9922DC #B257E5 #CA8CED #E2C1F5 #F3E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CA8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8CED

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8CED	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.150 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaff3',
    500: '#ca8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8ced;
$custom-light: #dbaff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.351,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73713,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8CED

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D51057

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8CED

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

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