#CA9EDE#CA9EDE

#CA9EDE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.101 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9EDE
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 222)
HSL	hsl(281, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(281, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 27.71, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 38.15, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0716 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.101 315)
XYZ	xyz(49.7667, 42.2850, 74.6332)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9EDE #B2DE9E

analogous

#AA9EDE #CA9EDE #DE9ED2

triadic

#CA9EDE #DECA9E #9EDECA

tetradic

#CA9EDE #DEAA9E #B2DE9E #9ED2DE

square

#CA9EDE #DEAA9E #B2DE9E #9ED2DE

split-complementary

#CA9EDE #D2DE9E #9EDEAA

monochromatic

#9843BF #B170CE #CA9EDE #E3CCEE #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CA9EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CA9EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9EDE

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9EDE	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.101 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabbe8',
    500: '#ca9ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9ede;
$custom-light: #dabbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76147,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.42284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9EDE

secondary

#E2EEDD

accent

#BD2957

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9EDE

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

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