#CB8CEF#CB8CEF

#CB8CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.152 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8CEF
RGB	rgb(203, 140, 239)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 41.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 41.35, -40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 57.97, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.1027 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.152 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5840, 37.6856, 86.3066)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8CEF #B0EF8C

analogous

#9A8CEF #CB8CEF #EF8CE2

triadic

#CB8CEF #EFCB8C #8CEFCB

tetradic

#CB8CEF #EF9A8C #B0EF8C #8CE2EF

square

#CB8CEF #EF9A8C #B0EF8C #8CE2EF

split-complementary

#CB8CEF #E2EF8C #8CEF9A

monochromatic

#9A21E0 #B356E8 #CB8CEF #E3C2F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CB8CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CB8CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8CEF

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8CEF	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A2F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89AB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 140, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.152 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaff4',
    500: '#cb8cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8cef;
$custom-light: #dcaff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73909,
    "c": 0.15233,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8CEF

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D80E57

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8CEF

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

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