#CB8AEE#CB8AEE

#CB8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.155 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8AEE
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 42.21, -40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 58.73, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.1053 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.155 313)
XYZ	xyz(49.1471, 37.0475, 85.4342)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8AEE #ADEE8A

analogous

#998AEE #CB8AEE #EE8ADF

triadic

#CB8AEE #EECB8A #8AEECB

tetradic

#CB8AEE #EE998A #ADEE8A #8ADFEE

square

#CB8AEE #EE998A #ADEE8A #8ADFEE

split-complementary

#CB8AEE #DFEE8A #8AEE99

monochromatic

#9B20DD #B355E6 #CB8AEE #E3BFF6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CB8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#CB8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8AEE

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8AEE	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C898B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.155 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcadf4',
    500: '#cb8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8aee;
$custom-light: #dcadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73537,
    "c": 0.15452,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.37047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8AEE

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D70F55

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8AEE

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

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