#CA9CEF#CA9CEF

#CA9CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.125 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9CEF
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 239)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 34.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 32.36, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 47.84, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% 0.0788 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.125 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8227, 42.5660, 87.1306)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9CEF #C1EF9C

analogous

#A19CEF #CA9CEF #EF9CEB

triadic

#CA9CEF #EFCA9C #9CEFCA

tetradic

#CA9CEF #EFA19C #C1EF9C #9CEBEF

square

#CA9CEF #EFA19C #C1EF9C #9CEBEF

split-complementary

#CA9CEF #EBEF9C #9CEFA1

monochromatic

#9233DE #AE67E6 #CA9CEF #E6D1F8 #F1E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CA9CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#CA9CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9CEF

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9CEF	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.125 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9f4',
    500: '#ca9cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9cef;
$custom-light: #dbb9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.253,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7651,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9CEF

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D41168

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9CEF

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

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