#CBBBD9#CBBBD9

#CBBBD9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.045 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBBD9
RGB	rgb(203, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(272, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(272, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, 11.20, -12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 17.12, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% 0.0284 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.045 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9212, 53.2472, 73.0166)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBBD9 #C9D9BB

analogous

#BCBBD9 #CBBBD9 #D9BBD8

triadic

#CBBBD9 #D9CBBB #BBD9CB

tetradic

#CBBBD9 #D9BCBB #C9D9BB #BBD8D9

square

#CBBBD9 #D9BCBB #C9D9BB #BBD8D9

split-complementary

#CBBBD9 #D8D9BB #BBD9BC

monochromatic

#8F6CAD #AD94C3 #CBBBD9 #E9E2EF #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBBBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CBBBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBBD9

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBBD9	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.045 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcfe4',
    500: '#cbbbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbbd9;
$custom-light: #dbcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81477,
    "c": 0.04496,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBBD9

secondary

#9BB089

accent

#A73F6F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#151315

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBBD9

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

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