#CEA5E9#CEA5E9

#CEA5E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.104 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEA5E9
RGB	rgb(206, 165, 233)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(276, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 29.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, 27.39, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 39.52, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% 0.0689 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.104 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6142, 45.9159, 83.1132)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEA5E9 #C0E9A5

analogous

#ACA5E9 #CEA5E9 #E9A5E2

triadic

#CEA5E9 #E9CEA5 #A5E9CE

tetradic

#CEA5E9 #E9ACA5 #C0E9A5 #A5E2E9

square

#CEA5E9 #E9ACA5 #C0E9A5 #A5E2E9

split-complementary

#CEA5E9 #E2E9A5 #A5E9AC

monochromatic

#9843D1 #B374DD #CEA5E9 #E9D6F5 #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CEA5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#CEA5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEA5E9

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEA5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEA5E9	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cea5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 165, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.104 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc0f0',
    500: '#cea5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cea5e9;
$custom-light: #ddc0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cea5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.176,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78223,
    "c": 0.10403,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEA5E9

secondary

#E3F0DB

accent

#C81D61

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEA5E9

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

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