#CA9CD7#CA9CD7

#CA9CD7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.097 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9CD7
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(287, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(287, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 27.40, -23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 36.09, 319.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0726 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.097 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5096, 41.2408, 69.6817)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9CD7 #A9D79C

analogous

#AD9CD7 #CA9CD7 #D79CC6

triadic

#CA9CD7 #D7CA9C #9CD7CA

tetradic

#CA9CD7 #D7AD9C #A9D79C #9CC6D7

square

#CA9CD7 #D7AD9C #A9D79C #9CC6D7

split-complementary

#CA9CD7 #C6D79C #9CD7AD

monochromatic

#9A48B1 #B370C5 #CA9CD7 #E1C8E9 #F3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CA9CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#CA9CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9CD7

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9CD7	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.097 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9e3',
    500: '#ca9cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9cd7;
$custom-light: #dab9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.78,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7551,
    "c": 0.09667,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9CD7

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B6304D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9CD7

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

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