#CB8AED#CB8AED

#CB8AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.153 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8AED
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 42.00, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 58.24, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.1052 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.153 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0006, 36.9889, 84.6626)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8AED #ACED8A

analogous

#998AED #CB8AED #ED8ADD

triadic

#CB8AED #EDCB8A #8AEDCB

tetradic

#CB8AED #ED998A #ACED8A #8ADDED

square

#CB8AED #ED998A #ACED8A #8ADDED

split-complementary

#CB8AED #DDED8A #8AED99

monochromatic

#9B22DB #B355E5 #CB8AED #E3BFF5 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CB8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CB8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8AED

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8AED	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C898B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.153 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcadf3',
    500: '#cb8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8aed;
$custom-light: #dcadf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.394,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7349,
    "c": 0.15338,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8AED

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D51054

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8AED

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

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