#CA9CD2#CA9CD2

#CA9CD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.091 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9CD2
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(291, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(291, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 26.42, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 33.75, 321.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0712 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.091 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8770, 40.9877, 66.3496)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9CD2 #A4D29C

analogous

#AF9CD2 #CA9CD2 #D29CBF

triadic

#CA9CD2 #D2CA9C #9CD2CA

tetradic

#CA9CD2 #D2AF9C #A4D29C #9CBFD2

square

#CA9CD2 #D2AF9C #A4D29C #9CBFD2

split-complementary

#CA9CD2 #BFD29C #9CD2AF

monochromatic

#9A4CA7 #B372BF #CA9CD2 #E1C6E5 #F4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CA9CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#CA9CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9CD2

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9CD2	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.091 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9e0',
    500: '#ca9cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9cd2;
$custom-light: #dab9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.111,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75317,
    "c": 0.09107,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9CD2

secondary

#E0ECDE

accent

#B03547

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9CD2

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

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