#CBB3E2#CBB3E2

#CBB3E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.070 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB3E2
RGB	rgb(203, 179, 226)
HSL	hsl(271, 45%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(271, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 17.34, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 26.76, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.0431 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.07 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4737, 50.4280, 78.8006)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB3E2 #CAE2B3

analogous

#B4B3E2 #CBB3E2 #E2B3E2

triadic

#CBB3E2 #E2CBB3 #B3E2CB

tetradic

#CBB3E2 #E2B4B3 #CAE2B3 #B3E2E2

square

#CBB3E2 #E2B4B3 #CAE2B3 #B3E2E2

split-complementary

#CBB3E2 #E2E2B3 #B3E2B4

monochromatic

#8E5AC0 #AD87D1 #CBB3E2 #E9DFF3 #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CBB3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#CBB3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB3E2

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB3E2	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 179, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.070 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc9eb',
    500: '#cbb3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb3e2;
$custom-light: #dbc9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.638,
    "s": 44.762,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80262,
    "c": 0.0701,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB3E2

secondary

#9CBB7E

accent

#B82E71

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FBF9FD

border

#D4D2D5

text

#151316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB3E2

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

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