#CA9CD6#CA9CD6

#CA9CD6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.096 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9CD6
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(288, 41%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(288, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 27.20, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 35.62, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0723 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.096 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3815, 41.1896, 69.0070)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9CD6 #A8D69C

analogous

#AD9CD6 #CA9CD6 #D69CC5

triadic

#CA9CD6 #D6CA9C #9CD6CA

tetradic

#CA9CD6 #D6AD9C #A8D69C #9CC5D6

square

#CA9CD6 #D6AD9C #A8D69C #9CC5D6

split-complementary

#CA9CD6 #C5D69C #9CD6AD

monochromatic

#9A49AF #B371C4 #CA9CD6 #E1C7E8 #F3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CA9CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#CA9CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9CD6

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9CD6	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.096 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9e2',
    500: '#ca9cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9cd6;
$custom-light: #dab9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 41.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75471,
    "c": 0.09553,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9CD6

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B4314C

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9CD6

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

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