#CAA5CD#CAA5CD

#CAA5CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.069 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA5CD
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(296, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(296, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 20.52, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 25.56, 323.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% 0.056 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.069 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8303, 43.8756, 63.6423)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA5CD #A8CDA5

analogous

#B6A5CD #CAA5CD #CDA5BC

triadic

#CAA5CD #CDCAA5 #A5CDCA

tetradic

#CAA5CD #CDB6A5 #A8CDA5 #A5BCCD

square

#CAA5CD #CDB6A5 #A8CDA5 #A5BCCD

split-complementary

#CAA5CD #BCCDA5 #A5CDB6

monochromatic

#9A589F #B37EB7 #CAA5CD #E1CCE3 #F3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CAA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA5CD

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA5CD	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.069 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac0dc',
    500: '#caa5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa5cd;
$custom-light: #dac0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.5,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76781,
    "c": 0.06939,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA5CD

secondary

#E1EBE0

accent

#A73E46

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#151215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA5CD

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

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