#CBB8FF#CBB8FF

#CBB8FF is a very light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.100 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB8FF
RGB	rgb(203, 184, 255)
HSL	hsl(256, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(256, 28%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, 20.82, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 38.65, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% 0.0445 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.1 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.8151, 54.1971, 101.8981)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB8FF #ECFFB8

analogous

#B8C8FF #CBB8FF #EEB8FF

triadic

#CBB8FF #FFCBB8 #B8FFCB

tetradic

#CBB8FF #FFB8C8 #ECFFB8 #B8FFEE

square

#CBB8FF #FFB8C8 #ECFFB8 #B8FFEE

split-complementary

#CBB8FF #FFEEB8 #C8FFB8

monochromatic

#713EFF #9E7BFF #CBB8FF #E9E0FF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBB8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CBB8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB8FF

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB8FF	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 184, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.100 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcdff',
    500: '#cbb8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb8ff;
$custom-light: #dbcdff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.056,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82334,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB8FF

secondary

#C8E775

accent

#E600A8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFF

border

#D5D3D7

text

#151318

muted

#848386

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB8FF

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

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