#CB8CEE#CB8CEE

#CB8CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.151 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8CEE
RGB	rgb(203, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 41.14, -40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 57.48, 315.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.1025 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.151 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4367, 37.6267, 85.5307)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8CEE #AFEE8C

analogous

#9A8CEE #CB8CEE #EE8CE0

triadic

#CB8CEE #EECB8C #8CEECB

tetradic

#CB8CEE #EE9A8C #AFEE8C #8CE0EE

square

#CB8CEE #EE9A8C #AFEE8C #8CE0EE

split-complementary

#CB8CEE #E0EE8C #8CEE9A

monochromatic

#9B21DE #B357E6 #CB8CEE #E3C1F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CB8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CB8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8CEE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8CEE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89AB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.151 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaff4',
    500: '#cb8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8cee;
$custom-light: #dcaff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73862,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8CEE

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D60F56

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8CEE

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

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