#CBB8EE#CBB8EE

#CBB8EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.077 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB8EE
RGB	rgb(203, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(261, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, 17.12, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 29.78, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% 0.0396 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.077 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1986, 53.1505, 88.1180)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB8EE #DBEEB8

analogous

#B8C0EE #CBB8EE #E6B8EE

triadic

#CBB8EE #EECBB8 #B8EECB

tetradic

#CBB8EE #EEB8C0 #DBEEB8 #B8EEE6

square

#CBB8EE #EEB8C0 #DBEEB8 #B8EEE6

split-complementary

#CBB8EE #EEE6B8 #C0EEB8

monochromatic

#8355D6 #A787E2 #CBB8EE #EDE6F9 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBB8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CBB8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB8EE

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB8EE	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.077 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcdf3',
    500: '#cbb8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb8ee;
$custom-light: #dbcdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81659,
    "c": 0.07741,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB8EE

secondary

#B1CC7E

accent

#C91C8C

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#151317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB8EE

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

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