#CB56E6#CB56E6

#CB56E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.226 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB56E6
RGB	rgb(203, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(289, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, 66.29, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 84.52, 321.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.1724 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.226 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2375, 25.0672, 77.4612)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB56E6 #71E656

analogous

#8356E6 #CB56E6 #E656B9

triadic

#CB56E6 #E6CB56 #56E6CB

tetradic

#CB56E6 #E68356 #71E656 #56B9E6

square

#CB56E6 #E68356 #71E656 #56B9E6

split-complementary

#CB56E6 #B9E656 #56E683

monochromatic

#8E19A9 #BB21DE #CB56E6 #DB8BEE #ECC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#CB56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#CB56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB56E6

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB56E6	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.226 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8dee',
    500: '#cb56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb56e6;
$custom-light: #de8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65904,
    "c": 0.22616,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB56E6

secondary

#BBE6B1

accent

#D60F34

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB56E6

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

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