#CB8AEB#CB8AEB

#CB8AEB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.151 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8AEB
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 41.59, -39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 57.27, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.1048 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.151 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7100, 36.8727, 83.1323)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8AEB #AAEB8A

analogous

#9A8AEB #CB8AEB #EB8ADA

triadic

#CB8AEB #EBCB8A #8AEBCB

tetradic

#CB8AEB #EB9A8A #AAEB8A #8ADAEB

square

#CB8AEB #EB9A8A #AAEB8A #8ADAEB

split-complementary

#CB8AEB #DAEB8A #8AEB9A

monochromatic

#9B25D6 #B456E2 #CB8AEB #E2BEF4 #F3E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CB8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CB8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8AEB

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8AEB	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C998AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.151 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcadf2',
    500: '#cb8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8aeb;
$custom-light: #dcadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.206,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73395,
    "c": 0.15112,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8AEB

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D31352

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8AEB

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

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