#CB55E6#CB55E6

#CB55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.227 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB55E6
RGB	rgb(203, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(289, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 66.72, -52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 85.01, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.1735 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.227 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1582, 24.9086, 77.4348)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB55E6 #70E655

analogous

#8355E6 #CB55E6 #E655B8

triadic

#CB55E6 #E6CB55 #55E6CB

tetradic

#CB55E6 #E68355 #70E655 #55B8E6

square

#CB55E6 #E68355 #70E655 #55B8E6

split-complementary

#CB55E6 #B8E655 #55E683

monochromatic

#8D19A8 #BA21DD #CB55E6 #DB8AEE #ECC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#CB55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#CB55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB55E6

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB55E6	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.227 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8cee',
    500: '#cb55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb55e6;
$custom-light: #de8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.828,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65793,
    "c": 0.22749,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB55E6

secondary

#BBE6B1

accent

#D60F34

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB55E6

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

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