#CBB4E0#CBB4E0

#CBB4E0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.066 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB4E0
RGB	rgb(203, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(271, 42%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(271, 20%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, 16.39, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 25.11, 310.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% 0.041 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.066 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.4020, 50.7212, 77.4307)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB4E0 #C9E0B4

analogous

#B5B4E0 #CBB4E0 #E0B4DF

triadic

#CBB4E0 #E0CBB4 #B4E0CB

tetradic

#CBB4E0 #E0B5B4 #C9E0B4 #B4DFE0

square

#CBB4E0 #E0B5B4 #C9E0B4 #B4DFE0

split-complementary

#CBB4E0 #DFE0B4 #B4E0B5

monochromatic

#8F5DBC #AD89CE #CBB4E0 #E9DFF2 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CBB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#CBB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB4E0

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB4E0	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBCE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.066 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcae9',
    500: '#cbb4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb4e0;
$custom-light: #dbcae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 41.509,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80378,
    "c": 0.06584,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB4E0

secondary

#9BB97F

accent

#B53170

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FBF9FD

border

#D4D2D5

text

#151316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB4E0

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

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