#CA8CEE#CA8CEE

#CA8CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.151 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8CEE
RGB	rgb(202, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 40.85, -40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 57.40, 315.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.1014 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.151 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1652, 37.4867, 85.5180)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8CEE #B0EE8C

analogous

#998CEE #CA8CEE #EE8CE1

triadic

#CA8CEE #EECA8C #8CEECA

tetradic

#CA8CEE #EE998C #B0EE8C #8CE1EE

square

#CA8CEE #EE998C #B0EE8C #8CE1EE

split-complementary

#CA8CEE #E1EE8C #8CEE99

monochromatic

#9921DE #B157E6 #CA8CEE #E3C1F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CA8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8CEE

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8CEE	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79AB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.151 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaff4',
    500: '#ca8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8cee;
$custom-light: #dbaff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7376,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8CEE

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D60F58

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8CEE

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

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