#CB8BDB#CB8BDB

#CB8BDB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.132 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8BDB
RGB	rgb(203, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(288, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(288, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 37.79, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 49.03, 320.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.1 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.132 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6457, 36.2776, 71.5492)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8BDB #9BDB8B

analogous

#A38BDB #CB8BDB #DB8BC3

triadic

#CB8BDB #DBCB8B #8BDBCB

tetradic

#CB8BDB #DBA38B #9BDB8B #8BC3DB

square

#CB8BDB #DBA38B #9BDB8B #8BC3DB

split-complementary

#CB8BDB #C3DB8B #8BDBA3

monochromatic

#9B38B4 #B65CCD #CB8BDB #E0BAE9 #F5E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CB8BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#CB8BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8BDB

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8BDB	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC94A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaee6',
    500: '#cb8bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8bdb;
$custom-light: #dcaee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8BDB

secondary

#DAECD6

accent

#C02544

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FC

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8BDB

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

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