#CBB4E8#CBB4E8

#CBB4E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.076 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB4E8
RGB	rgb(203, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(267, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, 18.04, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 29.18, 308.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% 0.0435 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.076 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5126, 51.1654, 83.2797)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB4E8 #D1E8B4

analogous

#B4B7E8 #CBB4E8 #E5B4E8

triadic

#CBB4E8 #E8CBB4 #B4E8CB

tetradic

#CBB4E8 #E8B4B7 #D1E8B4 #B4E8E5

square

#CBB4E8 #E8B4B7 #D1E8B4 #B4E8E5

split-complementary

#CBB4E8 #E8E5B4 #B7E8B4

monochromatic

#8A56CB #AB85DA #CBB4E8 #EBE3F6 #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CBB4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#CBB4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB4E8

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB4E8	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.076 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcaef',
    500: '#cbb4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb4e8;
$custom-light: #dbcaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.538,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80675,
    "c": 0.07612,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB4E8

secondary

#A4C37D

accent

#C0257C

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FE

border

#D4D2D6

text

#151316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB4E8

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

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