#CB8AEF#CB8AEF

#CB8AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.156 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8AEF
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 42.42, -41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 59.21, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.1055 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.156 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2944, 37.1064, 86.2101)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8AEF #AEEF8A

analogous

#998AEF #CB8AEF #EF8AE1

triadic

#CB8AEF #EFCB8A #8AEFCB

tetradic

#CB8AEF #EF998A #AEEF8A #8AE1EF

square

#CB8AEF #EF998A #AEEF8A #8AE1EF

split-complementary

#CB8AEF #E1EF8A #8AEF99

monochromatic

#9B1FE0 #B354E8 #CB8AEF #E3C0F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CB8AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CB8AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8AEF

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8AEF	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C899B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.156 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcadf4',
    500: '#cb8aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8aef;
$custom-light: #dcadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.614,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73585,
    "c": 0.15565,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8AEF

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D80D56

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8AEF

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

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