#CBB9DA#CBB9DA

#CBB9DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.050 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB9DA
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(273, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(273, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, 12.47, -14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 18.90, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% 0.0317 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.05 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6303, 52.4567, 73.5632)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB9DA #C8DAB9

analogous

#BBB9DA #CBB9DA #DAB9D9

triadic

#CBB9DA #DACBB9 #B9DACB

tetradic

#CBB9DA #DABBB9 #C8DAB9 #B9D9DA

square

#CBB9DA #DABBB9 #C8DAB9 #B9D9DA

split-complementary

#CBB9DA #D9DAB9 #B9DABB

monochromatic

#9069B0 #AD91C5 #CBB9DA #E9E1EF #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBB9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#CBB9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB9DA

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB9DA	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.050 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcee5',
    500: '#cbb9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb9da;
$custom-light: #dbcee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 30.841,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81123,
    "c": 0.04966,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB9DA

secondary

#9AB186

accent

#AA3C6E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#151315

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB9DA

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

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