#CA9BE3#CA9BE3

#CA9BE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.112 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9BE3
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 227)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(279, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 31.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 30.38, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 42.52, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0774 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.112 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9413, 41.5461, 78.0465)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9BE3 #B4E39B

analogous

#A69BE3 #CA9BE3 #E39BD8

triadic

#CA9BE3 #E3CA9B #9BE3CA

tetradic

#CA9BE3 #E3A69B #B4E39B #9BD8E3

square

#CA9BE3 #E3A69B #B4E39B #9BD8E3

split-complementary

#CA9BE3 #D8E39B #9BE3A6

monochromatic

#973BC8 #B16BD6 #CA9BE3 #E3CBF0 #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CA9BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#CA9BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9BE3

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9BE3	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.112 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9ec',
    500: '#ca9be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9be3;
$custom-light: #dbb9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.167,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75819,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9BE3

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C4225A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9BE3

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

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