#CBB5C8#CBB5C8

#CBB5C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.036 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB5C8
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(308, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(308, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 1.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, 11.20, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 13.06, 329.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% 0.0313 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.036 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5765, 49.9151, 61.5499)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB5C8 #B5CBB8

analogous

#C3B5CB #CBB5C8 #CBB5BD

triadic

#CBB5C8 #C8CBB5 #B5C8CB

tetradic

#CBB5C8 #CBC3B5 #B5CBB8 #B5BDCB

square

#CBB5C8 #CBC3B5 #B5CBB8 #B5BDCB

split-complementary

#CBB5C8 #BDCBB5 #B5CBC3

monochromatic

#986D93 #B291AD #CBB5C8 #E4D9E3 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CBB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#CBB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB5C8

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB5C8	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.036 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcbd8',
    500: '#cbb5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb5c8;
$custom-light: #dbcbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.182,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79751,
    "c": 0.03599,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB5C8

secondary

#E2E9E3

accent

#9C554A

background

#FDFCFD

surface

#FAF8FA

border

#D3D1D3

text

#151314

muted

#838283

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB5C8

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

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