#CA8CEF#CA8CEF

#CA8CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.152 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8CEF
RGB	rgb(202, 140, 239)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 41.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 41.06, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 57.88, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.1015 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.152 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3125, 37.5456, 86.2939)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8CEF #B1EF8C

analogous

#998CEF #CA8CEF #EF8CE3

triadic

#CA8CEF #EFCA8C #8CEFCA

tetradic

#CA8CEF #EF998C #B1EF8C #8CE3EF

square

#CA8CEF #EF998C #B1EF8C #8CE3EF

split-complementary

#CA8CEF #E3EF8C #8CEF99

monochromatic

#9821E0 #B156E8 #CA8CEF #E3C2F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA8CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#CA8CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8CEF

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8CEF	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A2F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69AB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 140, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.152 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaff4',
    500: '#ca8cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8cef;
$custom-light: #dbaff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.576,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73807,
    "c": 0.15193,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8CEF

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D80E59

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8CEF

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

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