#CA9BE9#CA9BE9

#CA9BE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.120 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9BE9
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 233)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 31.63, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 45.48, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0789 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.12 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7839, 41.8831, 82.4840)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9BE9 #BAE99B

analogous

#A39BE9 #CA9BE9 #E99BE1

triadic

#CA9BE9 #E9CA9B #9BE9CA

tetradic

#CA9BE9 #E9A39B #BAE99B #9BE1E9

square

#CA9BE9 #E9A39B #BAE99B #9BE1E9

split-complementary

#CA9BE9 #E1E99B #9BE9A3

monochromatic

#9537D3 #AF69DE #CA9BE9 #E5CDF4 #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CA9BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#CA9BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9BE9

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9BE9	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.120 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9f0',
    500: '#ca9be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9be9;
$custom-light: #dbb9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.154,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76074,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9BE9

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CC1A60

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9BE9

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

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