#CBB5EB#CBB5EB

#CBB5EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.078 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB5EB
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(264, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, 18.12, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 30.10, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% 0.043 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.078 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1449, 51.7425, 85.6106)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB5EB #D5EBB5

analogous

#B5BAEB #CBB5EB #E6B5EB

triadic

#CBB5EB #EBCBB5 #B5EBCB

tetradic

#CBB5EB #EBB5BA #D5EBB5 #B5EBE6

square

#CBB5EB #EBB5BA #D5EBB5 #B5EBE6

split-complementary

#CBB5EB #EBE6B5 #BAEBB5

monochromatic

#8755D1 #A985DE #CBB5EB #EDE5F8 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBB5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CBB5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB5EB

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB5EB	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.078 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcbf1',
    500: '#cbb5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb5eb;
$custom-light: #dbcbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80978,
    "c": 0.07838,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB5EB

secondary

#A9C77D

accent

#C52082

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#151316

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB5EB

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

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