#CBB8DA#CBB8DA

#CBB8DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.051 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB8DA
RGB	rgb(203, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(274, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(274, 16%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, 13.02, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 19.54, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% 0.0332 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.051 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4218, 52.0398, 73.4937)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB8DA #C7DAB8

analogous

#BAB8DA #CBB8DA #DAB8D8

triadic

#CBB8DA #DACBB8 #B8DACB

tetradic

#CBB8DA #DABAB8 #C7DAB8 #B8D8DA

square

#CBB8DA #DABAB8 #C7DAB8 #B8D8DA

split-complementary

#CBB8DA #D8DAB8 #B8DABA

monochromatic

#9068B0 #AE90C5 #CBB8DA #E8E0EF #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CBB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB8DA

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB8DA	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.051 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcde5',
    500: '#cbb8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb8da;
$custom-light: #dbcde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 31.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8093,
    "c": 0.05138,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB8DA

secondary

#99B185

accent

#AA3B6C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#151315

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB8DA

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

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