#CBB8DC#CBB8DC

#CBB8DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.054 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB8DC
RGB	rgb(203, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(272, 34%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(272, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, 13.41, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 20.54, 310.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81% 0.0339 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.054 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6851, 52.1451, 74.8804)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB8DC #C9DCB8

analogous

#B9B8DC #CBB8DC #DCB8DB

triadic

#CBB8DC #DCCBB8 #B8DCCB

tetradic

#CBB8DC #DCB9B8 #C9DCB8 #B8DBDC

square

#CBB8DC #DCB9B8 #C9DCB8 #B8DBDC

split-complementary

#CBB8DC #DBDCB8 #B8DCB9

monochromatic

#8F66B4 #AD8FC8 #CBB8DC #E9E1F0 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CBB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB8DC

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB8DC	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.054 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcde6',
    500: '#cbb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb8dc;
$custom-light: #dbcde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81,
    "c": 0.05391,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB8DC

secondary

#9BB485

accent

#AD3970

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#151316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB8DC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →