#CA8EC4#CA8EC4

#CA8EC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8EC4
RGB	rgb(202, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(306, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(306, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 31.44, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 36.68, 329.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0883 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.102 330)
XYZ	xyz(43.9932, 35.8897, 56.8239)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8EC4 #8ECA94

analogous

#B28ECA #CA8EC4 #CA8EA6

triadic

#CA8EC4 #C4CA8E #8EC4CA

tetradic

#CA8EC4 #CAB28E #8ECA94 #8EA6CA

square

#CA8EC4 #CAB28E #8ECA94 #8EA6CA

split-complementary

#CA8EC4 #A6CA8E #8ECAB2

monochromatic

#97478F #B664AE #CA8EC4 #DEB8DA #F1E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CA8EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#CA8EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8EC4

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8EC4	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF92A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb0d6',
    500: '#ca8ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8ec4;
$custom-light: #dbb0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 36.145,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72305,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.35888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8EC4

secondary

#D1E3D2

accent

#AF4336

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF5FA

border

#D4CFD3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8EC4

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

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