#CB9CF8#CB9CF8

#CB9CF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.136 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9CF8
RGB	rgb(203, 156, 248)
HSL	hsl(271, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(271, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 37.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 34.60, -39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 52.44, 311.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.082 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.136 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4571, 43.2512, 94.3209)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9CF8 #C9F89C

analogous

#9D9CF8 #CB9CF8 #F89CF7

triadic

#CB9CF8 #F8CB9C #9CF8CB

tetradic

#CB9CF8 #F89D9C #C9F89C #9CF7F8

square

#CB9CF8 #F89D9C #C9F89C #9CF7F8

split-complementary

#CB9CF8 #F7F89C #9CF89D

monochromatic

#8F2AF0 #AD63F4 #CB9CF8 #E9D5FC #F0E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CB9CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CB9CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9CF8

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9CF8	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AEFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B0F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 156, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.136 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb9fb',
    500: '#cb9cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9cf8;
$custom-light: #dcb9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.652,
    "s": 86.792,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77007,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9CF8

secondary

#E5F5D6

accent

#E30270

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9CF8

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

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