#CB8DEC#CB8DEC

#CB8DEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.147 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8DEC
RGB	rgb(203, 141, 236)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 40.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 40.18, -38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 55.89, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.1007 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.147 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2913, 37.8034, 84.0408)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8DEC #AEEC8D

analogous

#9C8DEC #CB8DEC #EC8DDE

triadic

#CB8DEC #ECCB8D #8DECCB

tetradic

#CB8DEC #EC9C8D #AEEC8D #8DDEEC

square

#CB8DEC #EC9C8D #AEEC8D #8DDEEC

split-complementary

#CB8DEC #DEEC8D #8DEC9C

monochromatic

#9B24DA #B359E3 #CB8DEC #E3C1F5 #F3E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CB8DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CB8DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8DEC

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8DEC	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 141, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.147 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaff2',
    500: '#cb8dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8dec;
$custom-light: #dcaff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.158,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73932,
    "c": 0.14722,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8DEC

secondary

#E2F2D9

accent

#D31255

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF5FD

border

#D4CFD5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8DEC

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

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