#CBB5DE#CBB5DE

#CBB5DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.062 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB5DE
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(272, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(272, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 15.44, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 23.46, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% 0.0389 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.062 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3350, 51.0185, 76.0782)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB5DE #C8DEB5

analogous

#B7B5DE #CBB5DE #DEB5DD

triadic

#CBB5DE #DECBB5 #B5DECB

tetradic

#CBB5DE #DEB7B5 #C8DEB5 #B5DDDE

square

#CBB5DE #DEB7B5 #C8DEB5 #B5DDDE

split-complementary

#CBB5DE #DDDEB5 #B5DEB7

monochromatic

#9060B8 #AD8BCB #CBB5DE #E9DFF1 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CBB5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#CBB5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB5DE

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB5DE	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.062 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcbe8',
    500: '#cbb5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb5de;
$custom-light: #dbcbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.195,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80496,
    "c": 0.0616,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB5DE

secondary

#9AB681

accent

#B1346E

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FBF9FC

border

#D4D2D5

text

#151316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB5DE

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

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