#CB8BEE#CB8BEE

#CB8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.153 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8BEE
RGB	rgb(203, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 41.68, -40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 58.10, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.1039 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.153 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2912, 37.3358, 85.4823)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8BEE #AEEE8B

analogous

#9A8BEE #CB8BEE #EE8BE0

triadic

#CB8BEE #EECB8B #8BEECB

tetradic

#CB8BEE #EE9A8B #AEEE8B #8BE0EE

square

#CB8BEE #EE9A8B #AEEE8B #8BE0EE

split-complementary

#CB8BEE #E0EE8B #8BEE9A

monochromatic

#9B21DE #B356E6 #CB8BEE #E3C0F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CB8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CB8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8BEE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8BEE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C899B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.153 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaef4',
    500: '#cb8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8bee;
$custom-light: #dcaef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.788,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73699,
    "c": 0.15285,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8BEE

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D70F56

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8BEE

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

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