#CB8CE7#CB8CE7

#CB8CE7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.143 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8CE7
RGB	rgb(203, 140, 231)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 39.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 39.68, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 54.09, 317.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.1012 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.143 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4282, 37.2233, 80.2195)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8CE7 #A8E78C

analogous

#9D8CE7 #CB8CE7 #E78CD6

triadic

#CB8CE7 #E7CB8C #8CE7CB

tetradic

#CB8CE7 #E79D8C #A8E78C #8CD6E7

square

#CB8CE7 #E79D8C #A8E78C #8CD6E7

split-complementary

#CB8CE7 #D6E78C #8CE79D

monochromatic

#9C2BCE #B459DC #CB8CE7 #E2BFF2 #F4E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CB8CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CB8CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8CE7

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8CE7	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C998AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 140, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.143 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaeef',
    500: '#cb8ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8ce7;
$custom-light: #dcaeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73537,
    "c": 0.14323,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8CE7

secondary

#E1F1DA

accent

#CD1850

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8CE7

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

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