#CAA9DB#CAA9DB

#CAA9DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.078 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA9DB
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(280, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(280, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 21.07, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 29.57, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% 0.0545 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.078 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3292, 46.0476, 73.1881)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA9DB #BADBA9

analogous

#B1A9DB #CAA9DB #DBA9D3

triadic

#CAA9DB #DBCAA9 #A9DBCA

tetradic

#CAA9DB #DBB1A9 #BADBA9 #A9D3DB

square

#CAA9DB #DBB1A9 #BADBA9 #A9D3DB

split-complementary

#CAA9DB #D3DBA9 #A9DBB1

monochromatic

#9553B7 #AF7EC9 #CAA9DB #E5D4ED #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CAA9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#CAA9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA9DB

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA9DB	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.078 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2e6',
    500: '#caa9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa9db;
$custom-light: #dac2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78037,
    "c": 0.07833,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA9DB

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B4315E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA9DB

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

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