#CB8AEC#CB8AEC

#CB8AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.152 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8AEC
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 41.79, -39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 57.76, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.105 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.152 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8549, 36.9306, 83.8953)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8AEC #ABEC8A

analogous

#9A8AEC #CB8AEC #EC8ADC

triadic

#CB8AEC #ECCB8A #8AECCB

tetradic

#CB8AEC #EC9A8A #ABEC8A #8ADCEC

square

#CB8AEC #EC9A8A #ABEC8A #8ADCEC

split-complementary

#CB8AEC #DCEC8A #8AEC9A

monochromatic

#9B23D8 #B455E3 #CB8AEC #E2BFF5 #F3E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CB8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CB8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8AEC

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8AEC	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C898B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.152 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcadf2',
    500: '#cb8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8aec;
$custom-light: #dcadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.796,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73442,
    "c": 0.15224,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8AEC

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D41153

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8AEC

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

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