#CB9CCE#CB9CCE

#CB9CCE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.087 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9CCE
RGB	rgb(203, 156, 206)
HSL	hsl(296, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(296, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 25.98, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 32.09, 324.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.0711 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.087 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6564, 40.9309, 63.7706)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9CCE #9FCE9C

analogous

#B29CCE #CB9CCE #CE9CB8

triadic

#CB9CCE #CECB9C #9CCECB

tetradic

#CB9CCE #CEB29C #9FCE9C #9CB8CE

square

#CB9CCE #CEB29C #9FCE9C #9CB8CE

split-complementary

#CB9CCE #B8CE9C #9CCEB2

monochromatic

#9B4FA0 #B573BA #CB9CCE #E1C5E2 #F4EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CB9CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#CB9CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9CCE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9CCE	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 156, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.087 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9dd',
    500: '#cb9cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9cce;
$custom-light: #dbb9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.4,
    "s": 33.784,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75263,
    "c": 0.08738,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9CCE

secondary

#DDEADC

accent

#AD3940

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9CCE

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

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