#CBC4E9#CBC4E9

#CBC4E9 is a very light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.052 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC4E9
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(251, 46%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(251, 16%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, 9.58, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 19.89, 298.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% 0.021 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.052 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.0735, 58.0592, 85.1694)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC4E9 #E2E9C4

analogous

#C4D0E9 #CBC4E9 #DEC4E9

triadic

#CBC4E9 #E9CBC4 #C4E9CB

tetradic

#CBC4E9 #E9C4D0 #E2E9C4 #C4E9DE

square

#CBC4E9 #E9C4D0 #E2E9C4 #C4E9DE

split-complementary

#CBC4E9 #E9DEC4 #D0E9C4

monochromatic

#7C6BC8 #A497D8 #CBC4E9 #EBE9F7 #EBE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CBC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#CBC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC4E9

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC4E9	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.052 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd5f0',
    500: '#cbc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc4e9;
$custom-light: #dbd5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83783,
    "c": 0.05166,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC4E9

secondary

#BAC48D

accent

#B92D9E

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#151416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC4E9

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

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