#CBB4E5#CBB4E5

#CBB4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.072 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB4E5
RGB	rgb(203, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(268, 21%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, 17.41, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 27.65, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% 0.0426 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.072 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0901, 50.9964, 81.0546)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB4E5 #CEE5B4

analogous

#B4B5E5 #CBB4E5 #E3B4E5

triadic

#CBB4E5 #E5CBB4 #B4E5CB

tetradic

#CBB4E5 #E5B4B5 #CEE5B4 #B4E5E3

square

#CBB4E5 #E5B4B5 #CEE5B4 #B4E5E3

split-complementary

#CBB4E5 #E5E3B4 #B5E5B4

monochromatic

#8C59C5 #AB87D5 #CBB4E5 #EBE1F5 #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CBB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#CBB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB4E5

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB4E5	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.072 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcaed',
    500: '#cbb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb4e5;
$custom-light: #dbcaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.163,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80563,
    "c": 0.07225,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB4E5

secondary

#A1BF7E

accent

#BC2A77

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FBF9FD

border

#D4D2D5

text

#151316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB4E5

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

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