#CBB9EC#CBB9EC

#CBB9EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.073 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB9EC
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(261, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, 16.15, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 28.13, 305.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% 0.0376 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.073 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.1149, 53.4505, 86.6486)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB9EC #DAECB9

analogous

#B9C1EC #CBB9EC #E4B9EC

triadic

#CBB9EC #ECCBB9 #B9ECCB

tetradic

#CBB9EC #ECB9C1 #DAECB9 #B9ECE4

square

#CBB9EC #ECB9C1 #DAECB9 #B9ECE4

split-complementary

#CBB9EC #ECE4B9 #C1ECB9

monochromatic

#8359D2 #A789DF #CBB9EC #EDE7F8 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CBB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB9EC

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB9EC	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.073 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcef2',
    500: '#cbb9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb9ec;
$custom-light: #dbcef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81773,
    "c": 0.07313,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB9EC

secondary

#AFC980

accent

#C5218B

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#151317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB9EC

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

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