#cb8cf3

Color #cb8cf3

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 15.38 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#cb8cf3

RGB

rgb(203, 140, 243)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 81.1%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 42.4%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 42.4%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(67.97, 42.2, -42.55)

LCH

lch(67.97, 59.93, 314.76)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.1569, 311.23)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 54.9%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4f38c

Analogous

#988cf3

#cb8cf3

#f38ce7

Triadic

#cb8cf3

#f3cb8c

#8cf3cb

Split-complementary

#cb8cf3

#e7f38c

#8cf398

Tetradic

#cb8cf3

#f38cb4

#b4f38c

#8cf3cb

Square

#cb8cf3

#f3988c

#b4f38c

#8ce7f3

Shades

Color #cb8cf3 mixed toward black.

#b152ed

#9718e7

#7112ad

#4b0c74

#26063a

Tints

Color #cb8cf3 mixed toward white.

#d49ff5

#dcb2f7

#e5c6f9

#eed9fb

#f6ecfd

Tones

Color #cb8cf3 mixed toward gray.

#c995ea

#c79de2

#c5a6d9

#c3aed1

#c1b7c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3e0 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#b7bbdb · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#c8cfcb · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 25.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cb8cf3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb8cf3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cb8cf3 (#cb8cf3) is rgb(203, 140, 243) in RGB.

No, #cb8cf3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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