#CB9BCB#CB9BCB

#CB9BCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.086 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9BCB
RGB	rgb(203, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(300, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 25.96, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 31.41, 325.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0717 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.086 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1283, 40.4523, 61.8138)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9BCB #9BCB9B

analogous

#B39BCB #CB9BCB #CB9BB3

triadic

#CB9BCB #CBCB9B #9BCBCB

tetradic

#CB9BCB #CBB39B #9BCB9B #9BB3CB

square

#CB9BCB #CBB39B #9BCB9B #9BB3CB

split-complementary

#CB9BCB #B3CB9B #9BCBB3

monochromatic

#9B519B #B673B6 #CB9BCB #E0C3E0 #F5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CB9BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#CB9BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9BCB

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9BCB	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.086 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9db',
    500: '#cb9bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9bcb;
$custom-light: #dbb9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74971,
    "c": 0.08605,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9BCB

secondary

#DAE8DA

accent

#AA3B3B

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FA

border

#D4D0D3

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9BCB

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

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