#CB8CED#CB8CED

#CB8CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.150 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8CED
RGB	rgb(203, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 40.93, -39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 57.00, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.1023 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.15 313)
XYZ	xyz(49.2902, 37.5681, 84.7592)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8CED #AEED8C

analogous

#9B8CED #CB8CED #ED8CDF

triadic

#CB8CED #EDCB8C #8CEDCB

tetradic

#CB8CED #ED9B8C #AEED8C #8CDFED

square

#CB8CED #ED9B8C #AEED8C #8CDFED

split-complementary

#CB8CED #DFED8C #8CED9B

monochromatic

#9B22DC #B357E5 #CB8CED #E3C1F5 #F3E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CB8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#CB8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8CED

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8CED	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.150 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaff3',
    500: '#cb8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8ced;
$custom-light: #dcaff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.969,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73815,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.37567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8CED

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D51055

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8CED

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

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