#CA9DCD#CA9DCD

#CA9DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.084 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9DCD
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(296, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(296, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, 24.91, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 30.81, 323.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.0681 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.084 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4322, 41.0794, 63.1763)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9DCD #A0CD9D

analogous

#B29DCD #CA9DCD #CD9DB8

triadic

#CA9DCD #CDCA9D #9DCDCA

tetradic

#CA9DCD #CDB29D #A0CD9D #9DB8CD

square

#CA9DCD #CDB29D #A0CD9D #9DB8CD

split-complementary

#CA9DCD #B8CD9D #9DCDB2

monochromatic

#9A519F #B474B8 #CA9DCD #E0C6E2 #F4EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CA9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#CA9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9DCD

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9DCD	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.084 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabadc',
    500: '#ca9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9dcd;
$custom-light: #dabadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75309,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9DCD

secondary

#DDE9DD

accent

#AB3A41

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9DCD

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

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