#CB9CD4#CB9CD4

#CB9CD4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.094 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9CD4
RGB	rgb(203, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(290, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(290, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 27.14, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 34.83, 321.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.0729 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.094 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3992, 41.2280, 67.6828)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9CD4 #A5D49C

analogous

#AF9CD4 #CB9CD4 #D49CC1

triadic

#CB9CD4 #D4CB9C #9CD4CB

tetradic

#CB9CD4 #D4AF9C #A5D49C #9CC1D4

square

#CB9CD4 #D4AF9C #A5D49C #9CC1D4

split-complementary

#CB9CD4 #C1D49C #9CD4AF

monochromatic

#9C4AAB #B571C1 #CB9CD4 #E1C7E7 #F4EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CB9CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#CB9CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9CD4

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9CD4	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.094 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9e1',
    500: '#cb9cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9cd4;
$custom-light: #dbb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.357,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75491,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9CD4

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B23348

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9CD4

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

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