#CAA9DA#CAA9DA

#CAA9DA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.077 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA9DA
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 218)
HSL	hsl(280, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(280, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, 20.87, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 29.08, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78% 0.0542 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.077 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1980, 45.9951, 72.4969)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA9DA #B9DAA9

analogous

#B1A9DA #CAA9DA #DAA9D1

triadic

#CAA9DA #DACAA9 #A9DACA

tetradic

#CAA9DA #DAB1A9 #B9DAA9 #A9D1DA

square

#CAA9DA #DAB1A9 #B9DAA9 #A9D1DA

split-complementary

#CAA9DA #D1DAA9 #A9DAB1

monochromatic

#9553B5 #B07EC8 #CAA9DA #E4D4EC #F2EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAA9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#CAA9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA9DA

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA9DA	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.077 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2e5',
    500: '#caa9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa9da;
$custom-light: #dac2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.408,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78,
    "c": 0.07713,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA9DA

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B3335D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151215

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA9DA

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

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