#CBB5DC#CBB5DC

#CBB5DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.059 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB5DC
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(274, 36%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(274, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, 15.04, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 22.46, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.0382 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.059 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.0685, 50.9119, 74.6749)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB5DC #C6DCB5

analogous

#B7B5DC #CBB5DC #DCB5D9

triadic

#CBB5DC #DCCBB5 #B5DCCB

tetradic

#CBB5DC #DCB7B5 #C6DCB5 #B5D9DC

square

#CBB5DC #DCB7B5 #C6DCB5 #B5D9DC

split-complementary

#CBB5DC #D9DCB5 #B5DCB7

monochromatic

#9162B5 #AE8BC8 #CBB5DC #E8DFF0 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CBB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#CBB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB5DC

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB5DC	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.059 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcbe7',
    500: '#cbb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb5dc;
$custom-light: #dbcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80425,
    "c": 0.05907,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB5DC

secondary

#97B481

accent

#AF376B

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FBF9FC

border

#D4D2D5

text

#151316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB5DC

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

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