#CBB9DD#CBB9DD

#CBB9DD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.053 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB9DD
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(270, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, 13.07, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 20.41, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% 0.0327 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.053 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0264, 52.6151, 75.6494)
Luminance	0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB9DD #CBDDB9

analogous

#B9B9DD #CBB9DD #DDB9DD

triadic

#CBB9DD #DDCBB9 #B9DDCB

tetradic

#CBB9DD #DDB9B9 #CBDDB9 #B9DDDD

square

#CBB9DD #DDB9B9 #CBDDB9 #B9DDDD

split-complementary

#CBB9DD #DDDDB9 #B9DDB9

monochromatic

#8E67B5 #AC90C9 #CBB9DD #EAE2F1 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBB9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#CBB9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB9DD

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB9DD	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.053 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcee7',
    500: '#cbb9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb9dd;
$custom-light: #dbcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81228,
    "c": 0.05348,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB9DD

secondary

#9DB585

accent

#AD3873

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#151316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB9DD

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

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