#CA9EE3#CA9EE3

#CA9EE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.107 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9EE3
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 227)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(278, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 30.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 28.73, -28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 40.60, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.073 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.107 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4468, 42.5571, 78.2150)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9EE3 #B7E39E

analogous

#A79EE3 #CA9EE3 #E39ED9

triadic

#CA9EE3 #E3CA9E #9EE3CA

tetradic

#CA9EE3 #E3A79E #B7E39E #9ED9E3

square

#CA9EE3 #E3A79E #B7E39E #9ED9E3

split-complementary

#CA9EE3 #D9E39E #9EE3A7

monochromatic

#963FC8 #B06FD5 #CA9EE3 #E4CDF1 #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CA9EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#CA9EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9EE3

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9EE3	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)

#93ACE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.107 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbbec',
    500: '#ca9ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9ee3;
$custom-light: #dbbbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.261,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76351,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9EE3

secondary

#E3EFDC

accent

#C3235D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9EE3

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

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