#CA9CD1#CA9CD1

#CA9CD1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.090 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9CD1
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 209)
HSL	hsl(292, 37%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(292, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 26.23, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 33.29, 321.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0709 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.09 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7528, 40.9381, 65.6955)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9CD1 #A3D19C

analogous

#B09CD1 #CA9CD1 #D19CBE

triadic

#CA9CD1 #D1CA9C #9CD1CA

tetradic

#CA9CD1 #D1B09C #A3D19C #9CBED1

square

#CA9CD1 #D1B09C #A3D19C #9CBED1

split-complementary

#CA9CD1 #BED19C #9CD1B0

monochromatic

#9A4DA6 #B472BE #CA9CD1 #E0C6E4 #F4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CA9CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#CA9CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9CD1

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9CD1	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.090 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9df',
    500: '#ca9cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9cd1;
$custom-light: #dab9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.075,
    "s": 36.552,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75278,
    "c": 0.08998,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9CD1

secondary

#DFEBDE

accent

#AF3646

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9CD1

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

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