#CB9CE9#CB9CE9

#CB9CE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.118 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9CE9
RGB	rgb(203, 156, 233)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(277, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 33%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 31.39, -32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 44.94, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0786 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.118 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2225, 42.3574, 82.5524)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9CE9 #BAE99C

analogous

#A59CE9 #CB9CE9 #E99CE1

triadic

#CB9CE9 #E9CB9C #9CE9CB

tetradic

#CB9CE9 #E9A59C #BAE99C #9CE1E9

square

#CB9CE9 #E9A59C #BAE99C #9CE1E9

split-complementary

#CB9CE9 #E1E99C #9CE9A5

monochromatic

#9638D3 #B16ADE #CB9CE9 #E5CEF4 #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CB9CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CB9CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9CE9

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9CE9	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 156, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.118 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9f0',
    500: '#cb9ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9ce9;
$custom-light: #dbb9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.623,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76345,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9CE9

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#CB1A5F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9CE9

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

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