#CBB9ED#CBB9ED

#CBB9ED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.074 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB9ED
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 237)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(261, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 21.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, 16.36, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 28.65, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% 0.0379 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.074 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.2605, 53.5088, 87.4159)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB9ED #DBEDB9

analogous

#B9C1ED #CBB9ED #E5B9ED

triadic

#CBB9ED #EDCBB9 #B9EDCB

tetradic

#CBB9ED #EDB9C1 #DBEDB9 #B9EDE5

square

#CBB9ED #EDB9C1 #DBEDB9 #B9EDE5

split-complementary

#CBB9ED #EDE5B9 #C1EDB9

monochromatic

#8358D4 #A788E0 #CBB9ED #EDE7F9 #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBB9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CBB9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB9ED

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB9ED	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.074 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcef3',
    500: '#cbb9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb9ed;
$custom-light: #dbcef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81811,
    "c": 0.07446,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB9ED

secondary

#B1CA80

accent

#C71F8D

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#151317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB9ED

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

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