#CBBDD9#CBBDD9

#CBBDD9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.042 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBDD9
RGB	rgb(203, 189, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 27%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(270, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, 10.12, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 15.85, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% 0.0255 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.042 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3484, 54.1016, 73.1590)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBDD9 #CBD9BD

analogous

#BDBDD9 #CBBDD9 #D9BDD9

triadic

#CBBDD9 #D9CBBD #BDD9CB

tetradic

#CBBDD9 #D9BDBD #CBD9BD #BDD9D9

square

#CBBDD9 #D9BDBD #CBD9BD #BDD9D9

split-complementary

#CBBDD9 #D9D9BD #BDD9BD

monochromatic

#8E6FAC #AC96C3 #CBBDD9 #EAE4EF #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBBDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CBBDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBDD9

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBDD9	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 189, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.042 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd0e4',
    500: '#cbbdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbdd9;
$custom-light: #dbd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81866,
    "c": 0.04155,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBDD9

secondary

#9DB08B

accent

#A64073

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#151415

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBDD9

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

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