#CB8BC9#CB8BC9

#CB8BC9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.113 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8BC9
RGB	rgb(203, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(302, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(302, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 34.33, -22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 40.92, 327.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0955 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.113 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4029, 35.3805, 59.7372)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8BC9 #8BCB8D

analogous

#AD8BCB #CB8BC9 #CB8BA9

triadic

#CB8BC9 #C9CB8B #8BC9CB

tetradic

#CB8BC9 #CBAD8B #8BCB8D #8BA9CB

square

#CB8BC9 #CBAD8B #8BCB8D #8BA9CB

split-complementary

#CB8BC9 #A9CB8B #8BCBAD

monochromatic

#984495 #B861B5 #CB8BC9 #DEB5DD #F1E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CB8BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#CB8BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8BC9

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8BC9	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF90A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.113 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaed9',
    500: '#cb8bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8bc9;
$custom-light: #dcaed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.875,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7209,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8BC9

secondary

#CFE3CF

accent

#B13834

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF4FA

border

#D4CED3

text

#151014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8BC9

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

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