#CB8BDF#CB8BDF

#CB8BDF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.136 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8BDF
RGB	rgb(203, 139, 223)
HSL	hsl(286, 57%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 37.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 38.59, -33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 50.91, 319.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.1009 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.136 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1786, 36.4907, 74.3559)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8BDF #9FDF8B

analogous

#A18BDF #CB8BDF #DF8BC9

triadic

#CB8BDF #DFCB8B #8BDFCB

tetradic

#CB8BDF #DFA18B #9FDF8B #8BC9DF

square

#CB8BDF #DFA18B #9FDF8B #8BC9DF

split-complementary

#CB8BDF #C9DF8B #8BDFA1

monochromatic

#9B34BC #B55BD2 #CB8BDF #E1BBEC #F4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CB8BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CB8BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8BDF

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8BDF	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB95AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 139, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.136 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaee9',
    500: '#cb8bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8bdf;
$custom-light: #dcaee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73012,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8BDF

secondary

#DDEED8

accent

#C42148

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8BDF

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

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