#CB9BCD#CB9BCD

#CB9BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.088 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9BCD
RGB	rgb(203, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(298, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(298, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 26.34, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 32.30, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0723 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.088 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3682, 40.5482, 63.0771)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9BCD #9DCD9B

analogous

#B29BCD #CB9BCD #CD9BB6

triadic

#CB9BCD #CDCB9B #9BCDCB

tetradic

#CB9BCD #CDB29B #9DCD9B #9BB6CD

square

#CB9BCD #CDB29B #9DCD9B #9BB6CD

split-complementary

#CB9BCD #B6CD9B #9BCDB2

monochromatic

#9B4F9E #B672B9 #CB9BCD #E0C4E1 #F4EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CB9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#CB9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9BCD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9BCD	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.088 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9dc',
    500: '#cb9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9bcd;
$custom-light: #dbb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.6,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75045,
    "c": 0.08814,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9BCD

secondary

#DCE9DB

accent

#AC393E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9BCD

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

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