#CA9BE4#CA9BE4

#CA9BE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.114 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9BE4
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(279, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 32%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 30.59, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 43.01, 315.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0776 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.114 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.0798, 41.6015, 78.7755)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9BE4 #B5E49B

analogous

#A59BE4 #CA9BE4 #E49BD9

triadic

#CA9BE4 #E4CA9B #9BE4CA

tetradic

#CA9BE4 #E4A59B #B5E49B #9BD9E4

square

#CA9BE4 #E4A59B #B5E49B #9BD9E4

split-complementary

#CA9BE4 #D9E49B #9BE4A5

monochromatic

#973BCA #B06BD7 #CA9BE4 #E4CBF1 #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CA9BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#CA9BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9BE4

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9BE4	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.114 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9ec',
    500: '#ca9be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9be4;
$custom-light: #dbb9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.63,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75861,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9BE4

secondary

#E3F0DB

accent

#C5205B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9BE4

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

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