#CBB9EF#CBB9EF

#CBB9EF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.077 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB9EF
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 239)
HSL	hsl(260, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(260, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, 16.79, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 29.69, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% 0.0385 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.077 300)
XYZ	xyz(57.5544, 53.6263, 88.9634)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB9EF #DDEFB9

analogous

#B9C2EF #CBB9EF #E6B9EF

triadic

#CBB9EF #EFCBB9 #B9EFCB

tetradic

#CBB9EF #EFB9C2 #DDEFB9 #B9EFE6

square

#CBB9EF #EFB9C2 #DDEFB9 #B9EFE6

split-complementary

#CBB9EF #EFE6B9 #C2EFB9

monochromatic

#8155D8 #A687E4 #CBB9EF #ECE6F9 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBB9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CBB9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB9EF

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB9EF	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.077 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcef4',
    500: '#cbb9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb9ef;
$custom-light: #dbcef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81887,
    "c": 0.07712,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.53626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB9EF

secondary

#B3CD7F

accent

#CB1B90

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#151317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB9EF

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

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