#CBB9DE#CBB9DE

#CBB9DE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.055 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB9DE
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(269, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(269, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, 13.27, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 20.92, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% 0.0331 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.055 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1600, 52.6686, 76.3532)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB9DE #CCDEB9

analogous

#B9BADE #CBB9DE #DDB9DE

triadic

#CBB9DE #DECBB9 #B9DECB

tetradic

#CBB9DE #DEB9BA #CCDEB9 #B9DEDD

square

#CBB9DE #DEB9BA #CCDEB9 #B9DEDD

split-complementary

#CBB9DE #DEDDB9 #BADEB9

monochromatic

#8D66B7 #AC8FCA #CBB9DE #EAE3F2 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBB9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CBB9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB9DE

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB9DE	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.055 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcee8',
    500: '#cbb9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb9de;
$custom-light: #dbcee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81263,
    "c": 0.05477,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB9DE

secondary

#9EB685

accent

#AF3774

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#151316

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB9DE

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

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