#CBBDD8#CBBDD8

#CBBDD8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.040 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBDD8
RGB	rgb(203, 189, 216)
HSL	hsl(271, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(271, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 12.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, 9.92, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 15.35, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% 0.0252 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.04 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2187, 54.0498, 72.4761)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBDD8 #CAD8BD

analogous

#BEBDD8 #CBBDD8 #D8BDD8

triadic

#CBBDD8 #D8CBBD #BDD8CB

tetradic

#CBBDD8 #D8BEBD #CAD8BD #BDD8D8

square

#CBBDD8 #D8BEBD #CAD8BD #BDD8D8

split-complementary

#CBBDD8 #D8D8BD #BDD8BE

monochromatic

#8E70AB #AD97C1 #CBBDD8 #E9E3EF #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBBDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CBBDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBDD8

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBDD8	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 189, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.040 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd0e4',
    500: '#cbbdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbdd8;
$custom-light: #dbd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81833,
    "c": 0.04027,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBDD8

secondary

#9CAE8B

accent

#A44171

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBDD8

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

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