#CB9ACE#CB9ACE

#CB9ACE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.091 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9ACE
RGB	rgb(203, 154, 206)
HSL	hsl(297, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(297, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 25.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 27.08, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 33.40, 324.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0741 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.091 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3235, 40.2652, 63.6596)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9ACE #9DCE9A

analogous

#B19ACE #CB9ACE #CE9AB7

triadic

#CB9ACE #CECB9A #9ACECB

tetradic

#CB9ACE #CEB19A #9DCE9A #9AB7CE

square

#CB9ACE #CEB19A #9DCE9A #9AB7CE

split-complementary

#CB9ACE #B7CE9A #9ACEB1

monochromatic

#9B4EA0 #B671BA #CB9ACE #E0C3E2 #F4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CB9ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#CB9ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9ACE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9ACE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 154, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.091 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb8dd',
    500: '#cb9ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9ace;
$custom-light: #dbb8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.538,
    "s": 34.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74903,
    "c": 0.091,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9ACE

secondary

#DCE9DB

accent

#AE383F

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9ACE

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

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