#CA9ADD#CA9ADD

#CA9ADD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.107 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9ADD
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 221)
HSL	hsl(283, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(283, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 30.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 29.70, -27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 40.25, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0773 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.107 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9619, 40.8892, 73.7057)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9ADD #ADDD9A

analogous

#A89ADD #CA9ADD #DD9ACE

triadic

#CA9ADD #DDCA9A #9ADDCA

tetradic

#CA9ADD #DDA89A #ADDD9A #9ACEDD

square

#CA9ADD #DDA89A #ADDD9A #9ACEDD

split-complementary

#CA9ADD #CEDD9A #9ADDA8

monochromatic

#9940BD #B26CCE #CA9ADD #E2C8EC #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CA9ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#CA9ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9ADD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9ADD	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.107 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb8e7',
    500: '#ca9add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9add;
$custom-light: #dbb8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.985,
    "s": 49.63,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75395,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9ADD

secondary

#E2EEDD

accent

#BD2953

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9ADD

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

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