#CB38B5#CB38B5

#CB38B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.224 H 334.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB38B5
RGB	rgb(203, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(309, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 10.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 69.51, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 77.76, 333.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.2025 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.224 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3837, 18.8641, 45.5374)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB38B5 #38CB4E

analogous

#9838CB #CB38B5 #CB386B

triadic

#CB38B5 #B5CB38 #38B5CB

tetradic

#CB38B5 #CB9838 #38CB4E #386BCB

square

#CB38B5 #CB9838 #38CB4E #386BCB

split-complementary

#CB38B5 #6BCB38 #38CB98

monochromatic

#6C1C60 #9D298B #CB38B5 #D869C7 #E499D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#CB38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#CB38B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB38B5

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB38B5	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#376AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D54473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.224 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7ccb',
    500: '#cb38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb38b5;
$custom-light: #df7ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.98,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6031,
    "c": 0.22381,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB38B5

secondary

#8FD099

accent

#E25D46

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB38B5

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

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