#CAA8DC#CAA8DC

#CAA8DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.081 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA8DC
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(279, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(279, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, 21.82, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 30.71, 315.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% 0.0563 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.081 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2759, 45.7298, 73.8218)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA8DC #BADCA8

analogous

#B0A8DC #CAA8DC #DCA8D4

triadic

#CAA8DC #DCCAA8 #A8DCCA

tetradic

#CAA8DC #DCB0A8 #BADCA8 #A8D4DC

square

#CAA8DC #DCB0A8 #BADCA8 #A8D4DC

split-complementary

#CAA8DC #D4DCA8 #A8DCB0

monochromatic

#9551B9 #AF7CCA #CAA8DC #E5D4EE #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CAA8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#CAA8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA8DC

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA8DC	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.081 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2e7',
    500: '#caa8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa8dc;
$custom-light: #dac2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7789,
    "c": 0.08129,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA8DC

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B6305E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA8DC

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

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