#CAC5CE#CAC5CE

#CAC5CE is a very light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.014 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC5CE
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(273, 8%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(273, 4%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, 3.39, -3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 5.14, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% 0.0088 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.014 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.4621, 56.9454, 66.4503)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC5CE #C9CEC5

analogous

#C6C5CE #CAC5CE #CEC5CE

triadic

#CAC5CE #CECAC5 #C5CECA

tetradic

#CAC5CE #CEC6C5 #C9CEC5 #C5CECE

square

#CAC5CE #CEC6C5 #C9CEC5 #C5CECE

split-complementary

#CAC5CE #CECEC5 #C5CEC6

monochromatic

#8D8396 #ACA4B2 #CAC5CE #E8E6EA #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CAC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#CAC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC5CE

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC5CE	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.014 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad6dc',
    500: '#cac5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac5ce;
$custom-light: #dad6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 8.411,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83013,
    "c": 0.01352,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC5CE

secondary

#9BA196

accent

#92536F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC5CE

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

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