#CB9CED#CB9CED

#CB9CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.123 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9CED
RGB	rgb(203, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(275, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 32.23, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 46.93, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0795 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.123 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8004, 42.5885, 85.5959)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9CED #BEED9C

analogous

#A39CED #CB9CED #ED9CE7

triadic

#CB9CED #EDCB9C #9CEDCB

tetradic

#CB9CED #EDA39C #BEED9C #9CE7ED

square

#CB9CED #EDA39C #BEED9C #9CE7ED

split-complementary

#CB9CED #E7ED9C #9CEDA3

monochromatic

#9534DA #B068E4 #CB9CED #E6D0F6 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CB9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#CB9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9CED

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9CED	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DACF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.123 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb9f3',
    500: '#cb9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9ced;
$custom-light: #dcb9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.815,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76517,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9CED

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D11464

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9CED

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

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