#CBB5E7#CBB5E7

#CBB5E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.073 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB5E7
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 231)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(266, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, 17.28, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 28.04, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% 0.0418 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.073 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5735, 51.5139, 82.6013)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB5E7 #D1E7B5

analogous

#B5B8E7 #CBB5E7 #E4B5E7

triadic

#CBB5E7 #E7CBB5 #B5E7CB

tetradic

#CBB5E7 #E7B5B8 #D1E7B5 #B5E7E4

square

#CBB5E7 #E7B5B8 #D1E7B5 #B5E7E4

split-complementary

#CBB5E7 #E7E4B5 #B8E7B5

monochromatic

#8A59C9 #AB87D8 #CBB5E7 #EBE3F6 #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CBB5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CBB5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB5E7

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB5E7	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.073 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcbee',
    500: '#cbb5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb5e7;
$custom-light: #dbcbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80826,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB5E7

secondary

#A4C27E

accent

#BE277C

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FE

border

#D4D2D6

text

#151316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB5E7

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

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