#CB55E5#CB55E5

#CB55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.227 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB55E5
RGB	rgb(203, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(289, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, 66.53, -52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 84.57, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.1735 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.227 320)
XYZ	xyz(42.0182, 24.8526, 76.6973)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB55E5 #6FE555

analogous

#8355E5 #CB55E5 #E555B7

triadic

#CB55E5 #E5CB55 #55E5CB

tetradic

#CB55E5 #E58355 #6FE555 #55B7E5

square

#CB55E5 #E58355 #6FE555 #55B7E5

split-complementary

#CB55E5 #B7E555 #55E583

monochromatic

#8D19A6 #BA22DB #CB55E5 #DB8AED #EBBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#CB55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#CB55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB55E5

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB55E5	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D80E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.227 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8cee',
    500: '#cb55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb55e5;
$custom-light: #de8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65735,
    "c": 0.22659,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.24851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB55E5

secondary

#BAE6B0

accent

#D61034

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB55E5

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

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