#CC8AEB#CC8AEB

#CC8AEB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.152 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8AEB
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 41.88, -39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 57.37, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.1059 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.152 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9833, 37.0136, 83.1451)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8AEB #A9EB8A

analogous

#9B8AEB #CC8AEB #EB8AD9

triadic

#CC8AEB #EBCC8A #8AEBCC

tetradic

#CC8AEB #EB9B8A #A9EB8A #8AD9EB

square

#CC8AEB #EB9B8A #A9EB8A #8AD9EB

split-complementary

#CC8AEB #D9EB8A #8AEB9B

monochromatic

#9D25D6 #B556E2 #CC8AEB #E3BEF4 #F4E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CC8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CC8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8AEB

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8AEB	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA98AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.152 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddadf2',
    500: '#cc8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8aeb;
$custom-light: #ddadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.825,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73499,
    "c": 0.15156,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8AEB

secondary

#E1F2D9

accent

#D31350

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8AEB

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

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