#CAA9CC#CAA9CC

#CAA9CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.061 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA9CC
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(297, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(297, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, 18.14, -13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 22.48, 323.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% 0.0496 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.061 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4428, 45.2930, 63.2529)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA9CC #ABCCA9

analogous

#B8A9CC #CAA9CC #CCA9BC

triadic

#CAA9CC #CCCAA9 #A9CCCA

tetradic

#CAA9CC #CCB8A9 #ABCCA9 #A9BCCC

square

#CAA9CC #CCB8A9 #ABCCA9 #A9BCCC

split-complementary

#CAA9CC #BCCCA9 #A9CCB8

monochromatic

#9A5D9D #B283B5 #CAA9CC #E2CFE3 #F3ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CAA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#CAA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA9CC

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA9CC	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.061 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2db',
    500: '#caa9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa9cc;
$custom-light: #dac2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.571,
    "s": 25.547,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77495,
    "c": 0.06107,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA9CC

secondary

#E1EAE1

accent

#A44147

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF7FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#151215

muted

#838183

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA9CC

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

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