#CB8EEE#CB8EEE

#CB8EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.148 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8EEE
RGB	rgb(203, 142, 238)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(278, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 40.06, -39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 56.24, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0997 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.148 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7316, 38.2165, 85.6290)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8EEE #B1EE8E

analogous

#9B8EEE #CB8EEE #EE8EE1

triadic

#CB8EEE #EECB8E #8EEECB

tetradic

#CB8EEE #EE9B8E #B1EE8E #8EE1EE

square

#CB8EEE #EE9B8E #B1EE8E #8EE1EE

split-complementary

#CB8EEE #E1EE8E #8EEE9B

monochromatic

#9A24DE #B359E6 #CB8EEE #E3C3F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CB8EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#CB8EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8EEE

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8EEE	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89CB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 142, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.148 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb0f4',
    500: '#cb8eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8eee;
$custom-light: #dcb0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.125,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74189,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8EEE

secondary

#E2F3D8

accent

#D61058

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF5FD

border

#D4CFD5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8EEE

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

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