#CAA9EC#CAA9EC

#CAA9EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.099 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA9EC
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(270, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, 24.58, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 38.08, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% 0.0594 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.099 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6826, 46.9889, 85.5823)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA9EC #CBECA9

analogous

#A9AAEC #CAA9EC #ECA9EC

triadic

#CAA9EC #ECCAA9 #A9ECCA

tetradic

#CAA9EC #ECA9AA #CBECA9 #A9ECEC

square

#CAA9EC #ECA9AA #CBECA9 #A9ECEC

split-complementary

#CAA9EC #ECECA9 #AAECA9

monochromatic

#8C45D6 #AB77E1 #CAA9EC #E9DBF7 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CAA9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#CAA9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA9EC

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA9EC	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.099 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac2f2',
    500: '#caa9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa9ec;
$custom-light: #dac2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.552,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78703,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA9EC

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CC1A74

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA9EC

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

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