#CA9DE3#CA9DE3

#CA9DE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.109 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9DE3
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 227)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(279, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 30.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 29.28, -29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 41.24, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0744 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.109 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.2769, 42.2173, 78.1583)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9DE3 #B6E39D

analogous

#A79DE3 #CA9DE3 #E39DD9

triadic

#CA9DE3 #E3CA9D #9DE3CA

tetradic

#CA9DE3 #E3A79D #B6E39D #9DD9E3

square

#CA9DE3 #E3A79D #B6E39D #9DD9E3

split-complementary

#CA9DE3 #D9E39D #9DE3A7

monochromatic

#973EC8 #B06DD5 #CA9DE3 #E4CDF1 #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CA9DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#CA9DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9DE3

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9DE3	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)

#92ABE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.109 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbaec',
    500: '#ca9de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9de3;
$custom-light: #dbbaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76173,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9DE3

secondary

#E3EFDC

accent

#C3225C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9DE3

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

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