#CB8CEB#CB8CEB

#CB8CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.148 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8CEB
RGB	rgb(203, 140, 235)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(280, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 40.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 40.51, -38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 56.03, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.102 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.148 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9996, 37.4519, 83.2288)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8CEB #ACEB8C

analogous

#9B8CEB #CB8CEB #EB8CDC

triadic

#CB8CEB #EBCB8C #8CEBCB

tetradic

#CB8CEB #EB9B8C #ACEB8C #8CDCEB

square

#CB8CEB #EB9B8C #ACEB8C #8CDCEB

split-complementary

#CB8CEB #DCEB8C #8CEB9B

monochromatic

#9B25D7 #B358E2 #CB8CEB #E3C0F4 #F3E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CB8CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CB8CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8CEB

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8CEB	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C999B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 140, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.148 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaff1',
    500: '#cb8ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8ceb;
$custom-light: #dcaff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.789,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73721,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8CEB

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D21354

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8CEB

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

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