#CAA5DC#CAA5DC

#CAA5DC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.087 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA5DC
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(280, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(280, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, 23.46, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 32.65, 315.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% 0.0607 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.087 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7285, 44.6348, 73.6393)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA5DC #B7DCA5

analogous

#AEA5DC #CAA5DC #DCA5D2

triadic

#CAA5DC #DCCAA5 #A5DCCA

tetradic

#CAA5DC #DCAEA5 #B7DCA5 #A5D2DC

square

#CAA5DC #DCAEA5 #B7DCA5 #A5D2DC

split-complementary

#CAA5DC #D2DCA5 #A5DCAE

monochromatic

#964DBA #B079CB #CAA5DC #E4D1ED #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CAA5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#CAA5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA5DC

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA5DC	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.087 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac0e7',
    500: '#caa5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa5dc;
$custom-light: #dac0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.364,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77337,
    "c": 0.08656,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA5DC

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B72E5B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA5DC

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

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