#CB9CD7#CB9CD7

#CB9CD7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.097 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9CD7
RGB	rgb(203, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(288, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(288, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 27.73, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 36.23, 319.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0738 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.097 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7811, 41.3808, 69.6944)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9CD7 #A8D79C

analogous

#AE9CD7 #CB9CD7 #D79CC5

triadic

#CB9CD7 #D7CB9C #9CD7CB

tetradic

#CB9CD7 #D7AE9C #A8D79C #9CC5D7

square

#CB9CD7 #D7AE9C #A8D79C #9CC5D7

split-complementary

#CB9CD7 #C5D79C #9CD7AE

monochromatic

#9C48B1 #B470C5 #CB9CD7 #E2C8E9 #F4E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CB9CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#CB9CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9CD7

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9CD7	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.097 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9e3',
    500: '#cb9cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9cd7;
$custom-light: #dbb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.797,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75608,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9CD7

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B6304B

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9CD7

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

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