#CAA8EC#CAA8EC

#CAA8EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.101 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA8EC
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, 25.13, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 38.72, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% 0.0609 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.101 307)
XYZ	xyz(53.4972, 46.6183, 85.5205)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA8EC #CAECA8

analogous

#A8A8EC #CAA8EC #ECA8EC

triadic

#CAA8EC #ECCAA8 #A8ECCA

tetradic

#CAA8EC #ECA8A8 #CAECA8 #A8ECEC

square

#CAA8EC #ECA8A8 #CAECA8 #A8ECEC

split-complementary

#CAA8EC #ECECA8 #A8ECA8

monochromatic

#8D44D6 #AB76E1 #CAA8EC #E9DAF7 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CAA8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#CAA8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA8EC

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA8EC	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.101 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc2f2',
    500: '#caa8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa8ec;
$custom-light: #dbc2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78521,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.46618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA8EC

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CC1A73

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA8EC

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

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