#CA9CEE#CA9CEE

#CA9CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.124 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9CEE
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(274, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 32.14, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 47.34, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0786 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.124 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6754, 42.5071, 86.3548)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9CEE #C0EE9C

analogous

#A19CEE #CA9CEE #EE9CE9

triadic

#CA9CEE #EECA9C #9CEECA

tetradic

#CA9CEE #EEA19C #C0EE9C #9CE9EE

square

#CA9CEE #EEA19C #C0EE9C #9CE9EE

split-complementary

#CA9CEE #E9EE9C #9CEEA1

monochromatic

#9234DC #AE68E5 #CA9CEE #E6D0F7 #F1E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CA9CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CA9CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9CEE

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9CEE	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.124 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9f3',
    500: '#ca9cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9cee;
$custom-light: #dbb9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.659,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76466,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9CEE

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D31367

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9CEE

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

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