#CAAEC9#CAAEC9

#CAAEC9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.049 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAEC9
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(302, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(302, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 0.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, 14.84, -9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 17.87, 326.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% 0.0411 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.049 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.0345, 47.0465, 61.6921)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAEC9 #AECAAF

analogous

#BDAECA #CAAEC9 #CAAEBB

triadic

#CAAEC9 #C9CAAE #AEC9CA

tetradic

#CAAEC9 #CABDAE #AECAAF #AEBBCA

square

#CAAEC9 #CABDAE #AECAAF #AEBBCA

split-complementary

#CAAEC9 #BBCAAE #AECABD

monochromatic

#996497 #B289B0 #CAAEC9 #E2D3E2 #F3EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CAAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#CAAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAEC9

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAEC9	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.049 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac6d9',
    500: '#caaec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaec9;
$custom-light: #dac6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.143,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78343,
    "c": 0.04887,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAEC9

secondary

#E2E9E2

accent

#9F4946

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAEC9

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

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