#CBC4E7#CBC4E7

#CBC4E7 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.049 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC4E7
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(252, 42%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(252, 15%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, 9.17, -16.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 18.83, 299.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% 0.0203 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.049 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.7894, 57.9456, 83.6732)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC4E7 #E0E7C4

analogous

#C4CEE7 #CBC4E7 #DCC4E7

triadic

#CBC4E7 #E7CBC4 #C4E7CB

tetradic

#CBC4E7 #E7C4CE #E0E7C4 #C4E7DC

square

#CBC4E7 #E7C4CE #E0E7C4 #C4E7DC

split-complementary

#CBC4E7 #E7DCC4 #CEE7C4

monochromatic

#7E6DC4 #A598D5 #CBC4E7 #ECE9F6 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CBC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#CBC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC4E7

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC4E7	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.049 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd5ee',
    500: '#cbc4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc4e7;
$custom-light: #dbd5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83713,
    "c": 0.04892,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC4E7

secondary

#B7C18E

accent

#B5309B

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#151416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC4E7

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

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