#CAA4E1#CAA4E1

#CAA4E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.094 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA4E1
RGB	rgb(202, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(277, 50%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 27%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, 25.03, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 35.76, 314.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% 0.0636 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.094 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2209, 44.5444, 77.1192)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA4E1 #BBE1A4

analogous

#ACA4E1 #CAA4E1 #E1A4DA

triadic

#CAA4E1 #E1CAA4 #A4E1CA

tetradic

#CAA4E1 #E1ACA4 #BBE1A4 #A4DAE1

square

#CAA4E1 #E1ACA4 #BBE1A4 #A4DAE1

split-complementary

#CAA4E1 #DAE1A4 #A4E1AC

monochromatic

#9448C3 #AF76D2 #CAA4E1 #E5D2F0 #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAA4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#CAA4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA4E1

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA4E1	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.094 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabfea',
    500: '#caa4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa4e1;
$custom-light: #dabfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.377,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7735,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA4E1

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BE2860

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA4E1

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

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