#CBB5CB#CBB5CB

#CBB5CB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.039 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB5CB
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, 11.76, -8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 14.35, 325.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0324 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.039 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9305, 50.0567, 63.4145)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB5CB #B5CBB5

analogous

#C0B5CB #CBB5CB #CBB5C0

triadic

#CBB5CB #CBCBB5 #B5CBCB

tetradic

#CBB5CB #CBC0B5 #B5CBB5 #B5C0CB

square

#CBB5CB #CBC0B5 #B5CBB5 #B5C0CB

split-complementary

#CBB5CB #C0CBB5 #B5CBC0

monochromatic

#986D98 #B291B2 #CBB5CB #E4D9E4 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CBB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#CBB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB5CB

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB5CB	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.039 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcbda',
    500: '#cbb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb5cb;
$custom-light: #dbcbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79847,
    "c": 0.03906,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB5CB

secondary

#859F85

accent

#9C4A4A

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FBF9FB

border

#D4D2D4

text

#151314

muted

#848283

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB5CB

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

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