#CBB4E9#CBB4E9

#CBB4E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.077 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB4E9
RGB	rgb(203, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(266, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, 18.25, -23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 29.69, 307.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% 0.0438 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.077 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.6550, 51.2224, 84.0299)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB4E9 #D2E9B4

analogous

#B4B7E9 #CBB4E9 #E5B4E9

triadic

#CBB4E9 #E9CBB4 #B4E9CB

tetradic

#CBB4E9 #E9B4B7 #D2E9B4 #B4E9E5

square

#CBB4E9 #E9B4B7 #D2E9B4 #B4E9E5

split-complementary

#CBB4E9 #E9E5B4 #B7E9B4

monochromatic

#8955CD #AA85DB #CBB4E9 #ECE3F7 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CBB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#CBB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB4E9

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB4E9	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.077 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcaf0',
    500: '#cbb4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb4e9;
$custom-light: #dbcaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.038,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80713,
    "c": 0.07743,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB4E9

secondary

#A5C57C

accent

#C2237D

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#151316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB4E9

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

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