#CAA5EE#CAA5EE

#CAA5EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.109 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA5EE
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, 27.21, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 41.63, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% 0.0657 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.109 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2420, 45.6402, 86.8769)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA5EE #C9EEA5

analogous

#A6A5EE #CAA5EE #EEA5EE

triadic

#CAA5EE #EECAA5 #A5EECA

tetradic

#CAA5EE #EEA6A5 #C9EEA5 #A5EEEE

square

#CAA5EE #EEA6A5 #C9EEA5 #A5EEEE

split-complementary

#CAA5EE #EEEEA5 #A5EEA6

monochromatic

#8D3EDB #AC72E4 #CAA5EE #E8D8F8 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAA5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#CAA5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA5EE

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA5EE	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.109 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc0f3',
    500: '#caa5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa5ee;
$custom-light: #dbc0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.411,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78061,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA5EE

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D01571

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA5EE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →