#CB40C6#CB40C6

#CB40C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.227 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB40C6
RGB	rgb(203, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(302, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(302, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 2.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 69.40, -41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 81.05, 328.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.1956 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.227 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6548, 20.4432, 55.4305)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB40C6 #40CB45

analogous

#8A40CB #CB40C6 #CB4081

triadic

#CB40C6 #C6CB40 #40C6CB

tetradic

#CB40C6 #CB8A40 #40CB45 #4081CB

square

#CB40C6 #CB8A40 #40CB45 #4081CB

split-complementary

#CB40C6 #81CB40 #40CB8A

monochromatic

#721F6F #A22C9E #CB40C6 #D870D4 #E5A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#CB40C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#CB40C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB40C6

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB40C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB40C6	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3071CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6783C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2527E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb40c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.227 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df81d8',
    500: '#cb40c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb40c6;
$custom-light: #df81d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb40c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.158,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61886,
    "c": 0.22722,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB40C6

secondary

#95D297

accent

#E04D47

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB40C6

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

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