#CA9EFF

sRGB: 202 / 158 / 255

Celestial flames flourish beyond boundaries
Shimmering rivers transcend the boundaries of time
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#CA9EFF belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 202 red, 158 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 267.2° lands in the violet region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.85:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 202, 158, 255
HSL: 267.22°, 100.00%, 80.98%
HSV / HSB: 267.22°, 38.04%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 20.78%, 38.04%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.631, 44.231, 100.270
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 72.382, 34.766, -42.184
WCAG relative luminance: 0.44230
24-bit decimal: 13278975

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CA9EFF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 9.85:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.13:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#D3FF9E sits half a turn (180°) from #CA9EFF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CA9EFF #D3FF9E

Analogous

#9EA3FF and #FA9EFF sit 30° to either side of #CA9EFF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#9EA3FF #CA9EFF #FA9EFF

Triadic

#CA9EFF, #FFCA9E and #9EFFCA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CA9EFF #FFCA9E #9EFFCA

Split complementary

Start at #CA9EFF and look across the wheel. #FFFA9E and #A3FF9E sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CA9EFF #FFFA9E #A3FF9E

Square

Starting with #CA9EFF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FF9EA3, #D3FF9E, then #9EFFFA. Across the square, #CA9EFF pairs with #D3FF9E, and #FF9EA3 with #9EFFFA.

#CA9EFF #FF9EA3 #D3FF9E #9EFFFA

Tetradic

#CA9EFF and #D3FF9E are opposites, as are #FF9ED3 and #9EFFCA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CA9EFF #FF9ED3 #D3FF9E #9EFFCA

Tints

Mixing #CA9EFF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5B1FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4ECFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#CA9EFF #D5B1FF #DFC5FF #EAD8FF #F4ECFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CA9EFF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A27ECC, keeps 80% of the original. By #282033, the mixture is 80% black.

#CA9EFF #A27ECC #795F99 #513F66 #282033 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CA9EFF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BB98E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8699, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CA9EFF #BB98E6 #AC92CC #9E8CB3 #8F8699 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CA9EFF

RGB

rgb(202 158 255)

HSL

hsl(267.216 100.000% 80.980%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CA9EFF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CA9EFF uses 202 red, 158 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.2%

Green 62.0%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CA9EFF is 20.8% cyan, 38.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 20.8%

Magenta 38.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC99FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C9F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CA9EFF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC99FF Nearest web-safe: #CC99FF

Gradient to complement

#CA9EFF #CCAEEF #CDBEDF #CFCFCF #D0DFBE #D2EFAE #D3FF9E

Color vision previews

Compare how #CA9EFF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#88B0FF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#91B2FC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C2ADC3

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A3ABFF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A5ACFD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C6A4EB

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B1B1B1

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BEA8DD

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.59062 G 0.34191 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.76517 G 0.62635 B 0.97559

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.54646 G 0.35017 B 0.94536

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.274 y 0.222 Y 44.231

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 20.784 M % 38.039 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001010 10011110 11111111