#CC8BEE#CC8BEE

#CC8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.153 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8BEE
RGB	rgb(204, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 41.96, -40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 58.19, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.1051 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.153 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5645, 37.4767, 85.4951)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8BEE #ADEE8B

analogous

#9B8BEE #CC8BEE #EE8BDF

triadic

#CC8BEE #EECC8B #8BEECC

tetradic

#CC8BEE #EE9B8B #ADEE8B #8BDFEE

square

#CC8BEE #EE9B8B #ADEE8B #8BDFEE

split-complementary

#CC8BEE #DFEE8B #8BEE9B

monochromatic

#9D21DE #B556E6 #CC8BEE #E3C0F6 #F3E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CC8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CC8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8BEE

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8BEE	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C999B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.153 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaef4',
    500: '#cc8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8bee;
$custom-light: #ddaef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.394,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73801,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8BEE

secondary

#E1F3D8

accent

#D70F53

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8BEE

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

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