#CBB5DD#CBB5DD

#CBB5DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.060 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB5DD
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(273, 37%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(273, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, 15.24, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 22.96, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0386 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.06 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2014, 50.9651, 75.3744)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB5DD #C7DDB5

analogous

#B7B5DD #CBB5DD #DDB5DB

triadic

#CBB5DD #DDCBB5 #B5DDCB

tetradic

#CBB5DD #DDB7B5 #C7DDB5 #B5DBDD

square

#CBB5DD #DDB7B5 #C7DDB5 #B5DBDD

split-complementary

#CBB5DD #DBDDB5 #B5DDB7

monochromatic

#9061B6 #AE8BCA #CBB5DD #E8DFF0 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CBB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#CBB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB5DD

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB5DD	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.060 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcbe7',
    500: '#cbb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb5dd;
$custom-light: #dbcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8046,
    "c": 0.06033,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB5DD

secondary

#99B581

accent

#B0366D

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FBF9FC

border

#D4D2D5

text

#151316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB5DD

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

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