#CA9BE7#CA9BE7

#CA9BE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9BE7
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 231)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 31.21, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 44.49, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.0784 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.117 312)
XYZ	xyz(50.4998, 41.7695, 80.9878)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9BE7 #B8E79B

analogous

#A49BE7 #CA9BE7 #E79BDE

triadic

#CA9BE7 #E7CA9B #9BE7CA

tetradic

#CA9BE7 #E7A49B #B8E79B #9BDEE7

square

#CA9BE7 #E7A49B #B8E79B #9BDEE7

split-complementary

#CA9BE7 #DEE79B #9BE7A4

monochromatic

#9638CF #B06ADB #CA9BE7 #E4CCF3 #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CA9BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#CA9BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9BE7

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9BE7	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9ef',
    500: '#ca9be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9be7;
$custom-light: #dbb9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.105,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75988,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.41769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9BE7

secondary

#E3F0DB

accent

#C91D5E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9BE7

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

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