#CBBCD9#CBBCD9

#CBBCD9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.043 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBCD9
RGB	rgb(203, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(271, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(271, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, 10.66, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 16.49, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% 0.027 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.043 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.1340, 53.6729, 73.0875)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBCD9 #CAD9BC

analogous

#BDBCD9 #CBBCD9 #D9BCD9

triadic

#CBBCD9 #D9CBBC #BCD9CB

tetradic

#CBBCD9 #D9BDBC #CAD9BC #BCD9D9

square

#CBBCD9 #D9BDBC #CAD9BC #BCD9D9

split-complementary

#CBBCD9 #D9D9BC #BCD9BD

monochromatic

#8E6EAD #AD95C3 #CBBCD9 #E9E3EF #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CBBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBCD9

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBCD9	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)

#B8C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.043 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd0e4',
    500: '#cbbcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbcd9;
$custom-light: #dbd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81671,
    "c": 0.04325,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBCD9

secondary

#9CB08A

accent

#A63F71

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBCD9

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

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