#CA9CED#CA9CED

#CA9CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.123 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9CED
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(274, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 31.93, -34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 46.84, 312.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0784 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.123 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5289, 42.4485, 85.5832)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9CED #BFED9C

analogous

#A29CED #CA9CED #ED9CE8

triadic

#CA9CED #EDCA9C #9CEDCA

tetradic

#CA9CED #EDA29C #BFED9C #9CE8ED

square

#CA9CED #EDA29C #BFED9C #9CE8ED

split-complementary

#CA9CED #E8ED9C #9CEDA2

monochromatic

#9334DA #AE68E4 #CA9CED #E6D0F6 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CA9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#CA9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9CED

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9CED	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DACF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.123 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9f3',
    500: '#ca9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9ced;
$custom-light: #dbb9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.074,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76422,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9CED

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D11466

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9CED

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

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