#CB8BE7#CB8BE7

#CB8BE7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.145 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8BE7
RGB	rgb(203, 139, 231)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 39.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 40.22, -37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 54.72, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.1026 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.145 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2828, 36.9324, 80.1710)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8BE7 #A7E78B

analogous

#9D8BE7 #CB8BE7 #E78BD5

triadic

#CB8BE7 #E7CB8B #8BE7CB

tetradic

#CB8BE7 #E79D8B #A7E78B #8BD5E7

square

#CB8BE7 #E79D8B #A7E78B #8BD5E7

split-complementary

#CB8BE7 #D5E78B #8BE79D

monochromatic

#9C2ACD #B458DD #CB8BE7 #E2BEF1 #F4E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CB8BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CB8BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8BE7

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8BE7	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C997AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 139, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.145 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaeef',
    500: '#cb8be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8be7;
$custom-light: #dcaeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73373,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8BE7

secondary

#E1F1DA

accent

#CE184F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8BE7

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

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