#CB9CD9#CB9CD9

#CB9CD9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.099 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9CD9
RGB	rgb(203, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(286, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, 28.12, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 37.18, 319.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0743 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.099 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0397, 41.4842, 71.0561)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9CD9 #AAD99C

analogous

#AC9CD9 #CB9CD9 #D99CC8

triadic

#CB9CD9 #D9CB9C #9CD9CB

tetradic

#CB9CD9 #D9AC9C #AAD99C #9CC8D9

square

#CB9CD9 #D9AC9C #AAD99C #9CC8D9

split-complementary

#CB9CD9 #C8D99C #9CD9AC

monochromatic

#9B46B5 #B470C8 #CB9CD9 #E2C8EA #F3E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CB9CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#CB9CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9CD9

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9CD9	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.099 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9e5',
    500: '#cb9cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9cd9;
$custom-light: #dbb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.23,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75686,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9CD9

secondary

#E1EDDE

accent

#B82E4D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9CD9

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

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