#CBB9CC#CBB9CC

#CBB9CC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.033 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB9CC
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(297, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(297, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, 9.78, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 12.17, 323.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% 0.0268 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.033 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8751, 51.7546, 64.3192)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB9CC #BACCB9

analogous

#C2B9CC #CBB9CC #CCB9C4

triadic

#CBB9CC #CCCBB9 #B9CCCB

tetradic

#CBB9CC #CCC2B9 #BACCB9 #B9C4CC

square

#CBB9CC #CCC2B9 #BACCB9 #B9C4CC

split-complementary

#CBB9CC #C4CCB9 #B9CCC2

monochromatic

#967298 #B196B2 #CBB9CC #E5DCE6 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CBB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB9CC

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB9CC	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.033 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacedb',
    500: '#cbb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb9cc;
$custom-light: #dacedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.842,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80659,
    "c": 0.03296,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB9CC

secondary

#8AA089

accent

#9A4C50

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFB

border

#D4D3D4

text

#151315

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB9CC

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

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