#CA9CD5#CA9CD5

#CA9CD5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.094 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9CD5
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(288, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 27.01, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 35.15, 320.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.072 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.094 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2542, 41.1386, 68.3365)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9CD5 #A7D59C

analogous

#AD9CD5 #CA9CD5 #D59CC4

triadic

#CA9CD5 #D5CA9C #9CD5CA

tetradic

#CA9CD5 #D5AD9C #A7D59C #9CC4D5

square

#CA9CD5 #D5AD9C #A7D59C #9CC4D5

split-complementary

#CA9CD5 #C4D59C #9CD5AD

monochromatic

#9A49AD #B371C3 #CA9CD5 #E1C7E7 #F3EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CA9CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#CA9CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9CD5

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9CD5	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.094 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9e2',
    500: '#ca9cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9cd5;
$custom-light: #dab9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.421,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75432,
    "c": 0.09441,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9CD5

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B3324B

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9CD5

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

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