#CB8CD9#CB8CD9

#CB8CD9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.128 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8CD9
RGB	rgb(203, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(289, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(289, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 36.85, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 47.46, 320.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0981 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.128 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5295, 36.4638, 70.2194)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8CD9 #9AD98C

analogous

#A58CD9 #CB8CD9 #D98CC0

triadic

#CB8CD9 #D9CB8C #8CD9CB

tetradic

#CB8CD9 #D9A58C #9AD98C #8CC0D9

square

#CB8CD9 #D9A58C #9AD98C #8CC0D9

split-complementary

#CB8CD9 #C0D98C #8CD9A5

monochromatic

#9B3AB0 #B65ECA #CB8CD9 #E0BAE8 #F5E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CB8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CB8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8CD9

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8CD9	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC95A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.128 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaee5',
    500: '#cb8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8cd9;
$custom-light: #dcaee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.12773,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8CD9

secondary

#DAEBD6

accent

#BE2843

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FC

border

#D4CED5

text

#151015

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8CD9

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

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