#CBA4E5#CBA4E5

#CBA4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.100 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA4E5
RGB	rgb(203, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(276, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, 26.17, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 37.85, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% 0.0659 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.1 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0445, 44.9052, 80.0394)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA4E5 #BEE5A4

analogous

#ABA4E5 #CBA4E5 #E5A4DF

triadic

#CBA4E5 #E5CBA4 #A4E5CB

tetradic

#CBA4E5 #E5ABA4 #BEE5A4 #A4DFE5

square

#CBA4E5 #E5ABA4 #BEE5A4 #A4DFE5

split-complementary

#CBA4E5 #DFE5A4 #A4E5AB

monochromatic

#9545CA #B074D7 #CBA4E5 #E6D4F3 #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CBA4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CBA4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA4E5

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA4E5	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.100 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbfed',
    500: '#cba4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba4e5;
$custom-light: #dbbfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77602,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA4E5

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#C32263

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF7FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA4E5

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

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