#CB9BE7#CB9BE7

#CB9BE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.118 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9BE7
RGB	rgb(203, 155, 231)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 31.52, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 44.60, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0795 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.118 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7713, 41.9095, 81.0005)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9BE7 #B7E79B

analogous

#A59BE7 #CB9BE7 #E79BDD

triadic

#CB9BE7 #E7CB9B #9BE7CB

tetradic

#CB9BE7 #E7A59B #B7E79B #9BDDE7

square

#CB9BE7 #E7A59B #B7E79B #9BDDE7

split-complementary

#CB9BE7 #DDE79B #9BE7A5

monochromatic

#9838CF #B16ADB #CB9BE7 #E5CCF3 #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CB9BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#CB9BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9BE7

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9BE7	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 155, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.118 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9ef',
    500: '#cb9be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9be7;
$custom-light: #dbb9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76085,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9BE7

secondary

#E3F0DB

accent

#C91D5C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9BE7

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

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