#CB59CB#CB59CB

#CB59CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.198 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB59CB
RGB	rgb(203, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(300, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(300, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 60.09, -38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 71.41, 327.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.1672 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.198 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9799, 24.1554, 59.0977)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB59CB #59CB59

analogous

#9259CB #CB59CB #CB5992

triadic

#CB59CB #CBCB59 #59CBCB

tetradic

#CB59CB #CB9259 #59CB59 #5992CB

square

#CB59CB #CB9259 #59CB59 #5992CB

split-complementary

#CB59CB #92CB59 #59CB92

monochromatic

#812881 #B037B0 #CB59CB #DA88DA #E8B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#CB59CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#CB59CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB59CB

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB59CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB59CB	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1678A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb59cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.198 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8edb',
    500: '#cb59cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb59cb;
$custom-light: #de8edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb59cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64804,
    "c": 0.19812,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB59CB

secondary

#A9D7A9

accent

#DC4C4C

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FBF1FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB59CB

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

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