#CA9BE5#CA9BE5

#CA9BE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.115 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9BE5
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(278, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 32.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 30.79, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 43.50, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% 0.0779 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.115 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2190, 41.6572, 79.5087)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9BE5 #B6E59B

analogous

#A59BE5 #CA9BE5 #E59BDB

triadic

#CA9BE5 #E5CA9B #9BE5CA

tetradic

#CA9BE5 #E5A59B #B6E59B #9BDBE5

square

#CA9BE5 #E5A59B #B6E59B #9BDBE5

split-complementary

#CA9BE5 #DBE59B #9BE5A5

monochromatic

#973ACC #B06AD8 #CA9BE5 #E4CCF2 #F2E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CA9BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CA9BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9BE5

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9BE5	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.115 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9ed',
    500: '#ca9be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9be5;
$custom-light: #dbb9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75904,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9BE5

secondary

#E3F0DB

accent

#C61F5C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9BE5

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

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