#CBB5E2#CBB5E2

#CBB5E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.067 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB5E2
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 226)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(269, 20%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, 16.25, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 25.49, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% 0.0402 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.067 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.8775, 51.2355, 78.9352)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB5E2 #CCE2B5

analogous

#B5B6E2 #CBB5E2 #E1B5E2

triadic

#CBB5E2 #E2CBB5 #B5E2CB

tetradic

#CBB5E2 #E2B5B6 #CCE2B5 #B5E2E1

square

#CBB5E2 #E2B5B6 #CCE2B5 #B5E2E1

split-complementary

#CBB5E2 #E2E1B5 #B6E2B5

monochromatic

#8D5DC0 #AC89D1 #CBB5E2 #EAE1F3 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CBB5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CBB5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB5E2

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB5E2	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.067 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcbeb',
    500: '#cbb5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb5e2;
$custom-light: #dbcbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.333,
    "s": 43.689,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80641,
    "c": 0.0667,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB5E2

secondary

#9EBB80

accent

#B72F74

background

#FEFDFE

surface

#FBF9FD

border

#D4D2D5

text

#151316

muted

#848284

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB5E2

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

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