#CB8BE6#CB8BE6

#CB8BE6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.144 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8BE6
RGB	rgb(203, 139, 230)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(282, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 40.01, -36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 54.24, 317.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.1024 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.144 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1420, 36.8761, 79.4293)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8BE6 #A6E68B

analogous

#9E8BE6 #CB8BE6 #E68BD3

triadic

#CB8BE6 #E6CB8B #8BE6CB

tetradic

#CB8BE6 #E69E8B #A6E68B #8BD3E6

square

#CB8BE6 #E69E8B #A6E68B #8BD3E6

split-complementary

#CB8BE6 #D3E68B #8BE69E

monochromatic

#9C2CCB #B459DB #CB8BE6 #E2BDF1 #F4E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CB8BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CB8BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8BE6

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8BE6	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA97AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.144 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaeee',
    500: '#cb8be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8be6;
$custom-light: #dcaeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.198,
    "s": 64.539,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73327,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8BE6

secondary

#E1F1DA

accent

#CC194E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8BE6

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

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