#CA9CD9#CA9CD9

#CA9CD9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.099 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9CD9
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(285, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(285, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 27.80, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 37.04, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0732 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.099 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7682, 41.3442, 71.0434)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9CD9 #ABD99C

analogous

#AB9CD9 #CA9CD9 #D99CC9

triadic

#CA9CD9 #D9CA9C #9CD9CA

tetradic

#CA9CD9 #D9AB9C #ABD99C #9CC9D9

square

#CA9CD9 #D9AB9C #ABD99C #9CC9D9

split-complementary

#CA9CD9 #C9D99C #9CD9AB

monochromatic

#9A46B5 #B270C8 #CA9CD9 #E2C8EA #F3E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CA9CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#CA9CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9CD9

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9CD9	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.099 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9e5',
    500: '#ca9cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9cd9;
$custom-light: #dab9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.246,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75589,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9CD9

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B82E50

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9CD9

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

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