#CB9DCD#CB9DCD

#CB9DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.085 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9DCD
RGB	rgb(203, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(298, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(298, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 25.24, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 30.99, 324.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0693 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.085 325)
XYZ	xyz(47.7038, 41.2194, 63.1890)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9DCD #9FCD9D

analogous

#B39DCD #CB9DCD #CD9DB7

triadic

#CB9DCD #CDCB9D #9DCDCB

tetradic

#CB9DCD #CDB39D #9FCD9D #9DB7CD

square

#CB9DCD #CDB39D #9FCD9D #9DB7CD

split-complementary

#CB9DCD #B7CD9D #9DCDB3

monochromatic

#9B519F #B574B8 #CB9DCD #E1C6E2 #F4EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CB9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#CB9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9DCD

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9DCD	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.085 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbadc',
    500: '#cb9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9dcd;
$custom-light: #dbbadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75407,
    "c": 0.08452,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.41218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9DCD

secondary

#DDE9DD

accent

#AB3A3F

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9DCD

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

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