#CB9ADD#CB9ADD

#CB9ADD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.108 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9ADD
RGB	rgb(203, 154, 221)
HSL	hsl(284, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(284, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 30.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, 30.02, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 40.38, 318.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.0784 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.108 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2334, 41.0292, 73.7185)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9ADD #ACDD9A

analogous

#A99ADD #CB9ADD #DD9ACD

triadic

#CB9ADD #DDCB9A #9ADDCB

tetradic

#CB9ADD #DDA99A #ACDD9A #9ACDDD

square

#CB9ADD #DDA99A #ACDD9A #9ACDDD

split-complementary

#CB9ADD #CDDD9A #9ADDA9

monochromatic

#9B40BD #B36CCE #CB9ADD #E3C8EC #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CB9ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#CB9ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9ADD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9ADD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 154, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.108 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb8e7',
    500: '#cb9add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9add;
$custom-light: #dbb8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.881,
    "s": 49.63,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75492,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9ADD

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BD2950

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9ADD

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

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