#CB8AEA#CB8AEA

#CB8AEA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.150 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8AEA
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 234)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 41%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 41.38, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 56.79, 316.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.1046 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.15 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5660, 36.8151, 82.3736)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8AEA #A9EA8A

analogous

#9B8AEA #CB8AEA #EA8AD9

triadic

#CB8AEA #EACB8A #8AEACB

tetradic

#CB8AEA #EA9B8A #A9EA8A #8AD9EA

square

#CB8AEA #EA9B8A #A9EA8A #8AD9EA

split-complementary

#CB8AEA #D9EA8A #8AEA9B

monochromatic

#9C26D4 #B456E1 #CB8AEA #E2BEF3 #F3E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CB8AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CB8AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8AEA

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8AEA	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C997AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.150 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcadf1',
    500: '#cb8aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8aea;
$custom-light: #dcadf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.625,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73349,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8AEA

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D21451

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8AEA

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

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