#CA9AE2#CA9AE2

#CA9AE2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9AE2
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 226)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(280, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 31.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 30.72, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 42.67, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0786 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.113 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6380, 41.1596, 77.2665)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9AE2 #B2E29A

analogous

#A69AE2 #CA9AE2 #E29AD6

triadic

#CA9AE2 #E2CA9A #9AE2CA

tetradic

#CA9AE2 #E2A69A #B2E29A #9AD6E2

square

#CA9AE2 #E2A69A #B2E29A #9AD6E2

split-complementary

#CA9AE2 #D6E29A #9AE2A6

monochromatic

#983BC7 #B16AD4 #CA9AE2 #E3CAF0 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CA9AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#CA9AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9AE2

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9AE2	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb8eb',
    500: '#ca9ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9ae2;
$custom-light: #dbb8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 55.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75602,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9AE2

secondary

#E2EFDC

accent

#C32358

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9AE2

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

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