#CBADD8#CBADD8

#CBADD8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.068 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBADD8
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 36%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(282, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, 18.61, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 25.65, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0487 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.068 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9649, 47.5422, 71.3915)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBADD8 #BAD8AD

analogous

#B6ADD8 #CBADD8 #D8ADD0

triadic

#CBADD8 #D8CBAD #ADD8CB

tetradic

#CBADD8 #D8B6AD #BAD8AD #ADD0D8

square

#CBADD8 #D8B6AD #BAD8AD #ADD0D8

split-complementary

#CBADD8 #D0D8AD #ADD8B6

monochromatic

#965AB1 #B184C4 #CBADD8 #E5D6EC #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CBADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#CBADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBADD8

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBADD8	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbadd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.068 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc5e4',
    500: '#cbadd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbadd8;
$custom-light: #dbc5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbadd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.86,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78765,
    "c": 0.06817,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBADD8

secondary

#E3ECDF

accent

#AE375B

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FBF8FB

border

#D4D1D4

text

#151315

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBADD8

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

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