#CB9BE2#CB9BE2

#CB9BE2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.112 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9BE2
RGB	rgb(203, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(281, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 30.49, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 42.15, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0782 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.112 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0752, 41.6311, 77.3344)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9BE2 #B2E29B

analogous

#A79BE2 #CB9BE2 #E29BD6

triadic

#CB9BE2 #E2CB9B #9BE2CB

tetradic

#CB9BE2 #E2A79B #B2E29B #9BD6E2

square

#CB9BE2 #E2A79B #B2E29B #9BD6E2

split-complementary

#CB9BE2 #D6E29B #9BE2A7

monochromatic

#9A3CC6 #B26CD4 #CB9BE2 #E4CAF0 #F3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CB9BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CB9BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9BE2

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9BE2	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.112 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9eb',
    500: '#cb9be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9be2;
$custom-light: #dbb9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.563,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75874,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9BE2

secondary

#E2EFDC

accent

#C32357

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9BE2

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

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