#CB8ADE#CB8ADE

#CB8ADE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.137 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8ADE
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 38.93, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 51.07, 319.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.1022 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.137 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9001, 36.1487, 73.5999)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8ADE #9DDE8A

analogous

#A18ADE #CB8ADE #DE8AC7

triadic

#CB8ADE #DECB8A #8ADECB

tetradic

#CB8ADE #DEA18A #9DDE8A #8AC7DE

square

#CB8ADE #DEA18A #9DDE8A #8AC7DE

split-complementary

#CB8ADE #C7DE8A #8ADEA1

monochromatic

#9B34B9 #B65AD1 #CB8ADE #E0BAEB #F4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CB8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#CB8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8ADE

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8ADE	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB94AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcade8',
    500: '#cb8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8ade;
$custom-light: #dcade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72803,
    "c": 0.13665,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8ADE

secondary

#DCEDD6

accent

#C42247

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FC

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8ADE

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

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