#CBABE5#CBABE5

#CBABE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.088 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBABE5
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(273, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(273, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, 22.33, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 33.37, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% 0.0557 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.088 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3319, 47.4799, 80.4685)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBABE5 #C5E5AB

analogous

#AEABE5 #CBABE5 #E5ABE2

triadic

#CBABE5 #E5CBAB #ABE5CB

tetradic

#CBABE5 #E5AEAB #C5E5AB #ABE2E5

square

#CBABE5 #E5AEAB #C5E5AB #ABE2E5

split-complementary

#CBABE5 #E2E5AB #ABE5AE

monochromatic

#914EC8 #AE7CD7 #CBABE5 #E8DAF3 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CBABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#CBABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBABE5

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBABE5	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbabe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.088 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc4ed',
    500: '#cbabe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbabe5;
$custom-light: #dbc4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbabe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78881,
    "c": 0.08757,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBABE5

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#C0256B

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FBF8FD

border

#D4D1D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBABE5

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

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