#CBB8EA#CBB8EA

#CBB8EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.072 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB8EA
RGB	rgb(203, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(263, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, 16.28, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 27.71, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% 0.0384 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.072 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6175, 52.9180, 85.0574)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB8EA #D7EAB8

analogous

#B8BEEA #CBB8EA #E4B8EA

triadic

#CBB8EA #EACBB8 #B8EACB

tetradic

#CBB8EA #EAB8BE #D7EAB8 #B8EAE4

square

#CBB8EA #EAB8BE #D7EAB8 #B8EAE4

split-complementary

#CBB8EA #EAE4B8 #BEEAB8

monochromatic

#865ACE #A889DC #CBB8EA #EEE7F8 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CBB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB8EA

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB8EA	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.072 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcdf0',
    500: '#cbb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb8ea;
$custom-light: #dbcdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.8,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81508,
    "c": 0.07211,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB8EA

secondary

#ABC680

accent

#C22486

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#151316

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB8EA

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

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