#CA9CD0#CA9CD0

#CA9CD0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.089 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9CD0
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(293, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(293, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 26.03, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 32.83, 322.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0706 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.089 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6293, 40.8887, 65.0456)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9CD0 #A2D09C

analogous

#B09CD0 #CA9CD0 #D09CBC

triadic

#CA9CD0 #D0CA9C #9CD0CA

tetradic

#CA9CD0 #D0B09C #A2D09C #9CBCD0

square

#CA9CD0 #D0B09C #A2D09C #9CBCD0

split-complementary

#CA9CD0 #BCD09C #9CD0B0

monochromatic

#9A4EA4 #B473BC #CA9CD0 #E0C6E4 #F4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CA9CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#CA9CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9CD0

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9CD0	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.089 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9de',
    500: '#ca9cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9cd0;
$custom-light: #dab9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 35.616,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7524,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9CD0

secondary

#DFEBDD

accent

#AE3745

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9CD0

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

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