#CBB9EA#CBB9EA

#CBB9EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.070 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB9EA
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(262, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(262, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, 15.73, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 27.09, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% 0.037 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.07 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8259, 53.3349, 85.1269)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB9EA #D8EAB9

analogous

#B9C0EA #CBB9EA #E4B9EA

triadic

#CBB9EA #EACBB9 #B9EACB

tetradic

#CBB9EA #EAB9C0 #D8EAB9 #B9EAE4

square

#CBB9EA #EAB9C0 #D8EAB9 #B9EAE4

split-complementary

#CBB9EA #EAE4B9 #C0EAB9

monochromatic

#855BCE #A88ADC #CBB9EA #EEE7F8 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBB9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CBB9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB9EA

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB9EA	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.070 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcef0',
    500: '#cbb9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb9ea;
$custom-light: #dbcef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.041,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81698,
    "c": 0.07048,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB9EA

secondary

#ADC681

accent

#C12488

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#151316

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB9EA

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

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