#CBB5EC#CBB5EC

#CBB5EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.080 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB5EC
RGB	rgb(203, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(264, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, 18.33, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 30.61, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% 0.0433 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.08 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.2898, 51.8004, 86.3736)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB5EC #D6ECB5

analogous

#B5BBEC #CBB5EC #E7B5EC

triadic

#CBB5EC #ECCBB5 #B5ECCB

tetradic

#CBB5EC #ECB5BB #D6ECB5 #B5ECE7

square

#CBB5EC #ECB5BB #D6ECB5 #B5ECE7

split-complementary

#CBB5EC #ECE7B5 #BBECB5

monochromatic

#8754D3 #A984DF #CBB5EC #EDE6F9 #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBB5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CBB5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB5EC

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB5EC	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.080 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcbf2',
    500: '#cbb5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb5ec;
$custom-light: #dbcbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 59.14,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81016,
    "c": 0.07969,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB5EC

secondary

#AAC97C

accent

#C71F84

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FCF9FE

border

#D5D2D6

text

#151317

muted

#848285

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB5EC

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

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