#CB8BE4#CB8BE4

#CB8BE4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.142 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8BE4
RGB	rgb(203, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(283, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(283, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 39.60, -35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 53.28, 318.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.102 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.142 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8627, 36.7644, 77.9587)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8BE4 #A4E48B

analogous

#9F8BE4 #CB8BE4 #E48BD1

triadic

#CB8BE4 #E4CB8B #8BE4CB

tetradic

#CB8BE4 #E49F8B #A4E48B #8BD1E4

square

#CB8BE4 #E49F8B #A4E48B #8BD1E4

split-complementary

#CB8BE4 #D1E48B #8BE49F

monochromatic

#9C2EC6 #B559D8 #CB8BE4 #E1BDF0 #F4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CB8BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#CB8BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8BE4

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8BE4	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA97AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.142 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaeed',
    500: '#cb8be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8be4;
$custom-light: #dcaeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.146,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73236,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8BE4

secondary

#E1F1DA

accent

#CA1C4D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8BE4

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

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