#CB8BDE#CB8BDE

#CB8BDE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.135 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8BDE
RGB	rgb(203, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 38.39, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 50.44, 319.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.1007 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.135 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0442, 36.4370, 73.6479)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8BDE #9EDE8B

analogous

#A18BDE #CB8BDE #DE8BC7

triadic

#CB8BDE #DECB8B #8BDECB

tetradic

#CB8BDE #DEA18B #9EDE8B #8BC7DE

square

#CB8BDE #DEA18B #9EDE8B #8BC7DE

split-complementary

#CB8BDE #C7DE8B #8BDEA1

monochromatic

#9B35BA #B65BD0 #CB8BDE #E0BBEC #F4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CB8BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CB8BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8BDE

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8BDE	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB95AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaee8',
    500: '#cb8bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8bde;
$custom-light: #dcaee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.265,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8BDE

secondary

#DCEED7

accent

#C32247

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FC

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8BDE

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

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