#CA9CE9#CA9CE9

#CA9CE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.118 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9CE9
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 233)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(276, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 33%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 31.08, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 44.84, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.0774 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.118 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9510, 42.2174, 82.5397)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9CE9 #BBE99C

analogous

#A49CE9 #CA9CE9 #E99CE2

triadic

#CA9CE9 #E9CA9C #9CE9CA

tetradic

#CA9CE9 #E9A49C #BBE99C #9CE2E9

square

#CA9CE9 #E9A49C #BBE99C #9CE2E9

split-complementary

#CA9CE9 #E2E99C #9CE9A4

monochromatic

#9438D3 #AF6ADE #CA9CE9 #E5CEF4 #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CA9CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#CA9CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9CE9

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9CE9	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FABEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.118 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9f0',
    500: '#ca9ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9ce9;
$custom-light: #dbb9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.844,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76249,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9CE9

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CB1A61

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9CE9

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

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