#CBB9DC#CBB9DC

#CBB9DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.052 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB9DC
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(271, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(271, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, 12.87, -15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 19.91, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% 0.0324 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.052 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.8936, 52.5620, 74.9499)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB9DC #CADCB9

analogous

#BAB9DC #CBB9DC #DCB9DC

triadic

#CBB9DC #DCCBB9 #B9DCCB

tetradic

#CBB9DC #DCBAB9 #CADCB9 #B9DCDC

square

#CBB9DC #DCBAB9 #CADCB9 #B9DCDC

split-complementary

#CBB9DC #DCDCB9 #B9DCBA

monochromatic

#8E67B3 #AD90C8 #CBB9DC #E9E2F0 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CBB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB9DC

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB9DC	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.052 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcee6',
    500: '#cbb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb9dc;
$custom-light: #dbcee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81193,
    "c": 0.0522,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB9DC

secondary

#9CB486

accent

#AC3971

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#151316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB9DC

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

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