#CB8AE2#CB8AE2

#CB8AE2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.141 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8AE2
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(284, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(284, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 39.74, -35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 52.96, 318.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.103 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.141 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4426, 36.3657, 76.4569)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8AE2 #A1E28A

analogous

#9F8AE2 #CB8AE2 #E28ACD

triadic

#CB8AE2 #E2CB8A #8AE2CB

tetradic

#CB8AE2 #E29F8A #A1E28A #8ACDE2

square

#CB8AE2 #E29F8A #A1E28A #8ACDE2

split-complementary

#CB8AE2 #CDE28A #8AE29F

monochromatic

#9C30C2 #B559D6 #CB8AE2 #E1BBEE #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CB8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#CB8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8AE2

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8AE2	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB95AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.141 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcadeb',
    500: '#cb8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8ae2;
$custom-light: #dcadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.318,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72982,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8AE2

secondary

#DEEFD8

accent

#C81E4A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8AE2

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

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