#CB8AFF#CB8AFF

#CB8AFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.174 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8AFF
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 255)
HSL	hsl(273, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 45.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 45.86, -48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 67.05, 313.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.108 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.174 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7636, 38.0941, 99.2143)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8AFF #BEFF8A

analogous

#918AFF #CB8AFF #FF8AF9

triadic

#CB8AFF #FFCB8A #8AFFCB

tetradic

#CB8AFF #FF918A #BEFF8A #8AF9FF

square

#CB8AFF #FF918A #BEFF8A #8AF9FF

split-complementary

#CB8AFF #F9FF8A #8AFF91

monochromatic

#9510FF #B04DFF #CB8AFF #E6C7FF #F1E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CB8AFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CB8AFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8AFF

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8AFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8AFF	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6DA3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA7FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49DB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8aff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.174 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddadff',
    500: '#cb8aff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8aff;
$custom-light: #ddadff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8aff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74373,
    "c": 0.17401,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8AFF

secondary

#E4F7D4

accent

#E60066

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#151018

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8AFF

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

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