#CB9CD8#CB9CD8

#CB9CD8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.098 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9CD8
RGB	rgb(203, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(287, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(287, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 27.92, -23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 36.70, 319.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.074 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.098 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9100, 41.4324, 70.3732)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9CD8 #A9D89C

analogous

#AD9CD8 #CB9CD8 #D89CC7

triadic

#CB9CD8 #D8CB9C #9CD8CB

tetradic

#CB9CD8 #D8AD9C #A9D89C #9CC7D8

square

#CB9CD8 #D8AD9C #A9D89C #9CC7D8

split-complementary

#CB9CD8 #C7D89C #9CD8AD

monochromatic

#9C47B3 #B470C7 #CB9CD8 #E2C8E9 #F3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CB9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#CB9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9CD8

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9CD8	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.098 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9e4',
    500: '#cb9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9cd8;
$custom-light: #dbb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75647,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9CD8

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B72F4C

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9CD8

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

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