#CB8BCB#CB8BCB

#CB8BCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8BCB
RGB	rgb(203, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(300, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 34.70, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 41.79, 326.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.096 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.115 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6397, 35.4752, 60.9843)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8BCB #8BCB8B

analogous

#AB8BCB #CB8BCB #CB8BAB

triadic

#CB8BCB #CBCB8B #8BCBCB

tetradic

#CB8BCB #CBAB8B #8BCB8B #8BABCB

square

#CB8BCB #CBAB8B #8BCB8B #8BABCB

split-complementary

#CB8BCB #ABCB8B #8BCBAB

monochromatic

#984498 #B861B8 #CB8BCB #DEB5DE #F1E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CB8BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#CB8BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8BCB

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8BCB	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF91A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaedb',
    500: '#cb8bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8bcb;
$custom-light: #dcaedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7217,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8BCB

secondary

#CFE3CF

accent

#B13434

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF4FB

border

#D4CED4

text

#151015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8BCB

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

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