#CA9CD8#CA9CD8

#CA9CD8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.098 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9CD8
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(286, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(286, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, 27.60, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 36.56, 319.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0729 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.098 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6385, 41.2924, 70.3604)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9CD8 #AAD89C

analogous

#AC9CD8 #CA9CD8 #D89CC8

triadic

#CA9CD8 #D8CA9C #9CD8CA

tetradic

#CA9CD8 #D8AC9C #AAD89C #9CC8D8

square

#CA9CD8 #D8AC9C #AAD89C #9CC8D8

split-complementary

#CA9CD8 #C8D89C #9CD8AC

monochromatic

#9A47B3 #B270C7 #CA9CD8 #E2C8E9 #F3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CA9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#CA9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9CD8

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9CD8	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.098 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9e4',
    500: '#ca9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9cd8;
$custom-light: #dab9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7555,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9CD8

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B72F4F

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9CD8

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

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