#CBC4E5#CBC4E5

#CBC4E5 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.046 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC4E5
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(253, 39%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(253, 14%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, 8.76, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 17.78, 299.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% 0.0196 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.046 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.5085, 57.8333, 82.1941)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC4E5 #DEE5C4

analogous

#C4CDE5 #CBC4E5 #DBC4E5

triadic

#CBC4E5 #E5CBC4 #C4E5CB

tetradic

#CBC4E5 #E5C4CD #DEE5C4 #C4E5DB

square

#CBC4E5 #E5C4CD #DEE5C4 #C4E5DB

split-complementary

#CBC4E5 #E5DBC4 #CDE5C4

monochromatic

#806FC0 #A69AD2 #CBC4E5 #ECEAF6 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CBC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#CBC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC4E5

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC4E5	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.046 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd5ed',
    500: '#cbc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc4e5;
$custom-light: #dbd5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.727,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83643,
    "c": 0.04618,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC4E5

secondary

#B4BF8F

accent

#B23497

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#151416

muted

#848384

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC4E5

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

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