#CBBEE3

sRGB: 203 / 190 / 227

Celestial flames rise against oblivion
Restless constellations transcend the boundaries of time
Infinite wonders linger beyond yesterday

#CBBEE3 belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 203 red, 190 green and 227 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 261.1° lands in the violet region. Its 39.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.01:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 203, 190, 227
HSL: 261.08°, 39.78%, 81.76%
HSV / HSB: 261.08°, 16.30%, 89.02%
CMYK (approx.): 10.57%, 16.30%, 0.00%, 10.98%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 56.904, 55.070, 80.307
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 79.081, 11.580, -16.755
WCAG relative luminance: 0.55069
24-bit decimal: 13352675

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CBBEE3 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 12.01:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.75:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#D6E3BE sits half a turn (180°) from #CBBEE3 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CBBEE3 #D6E3BE

Analogous

#BEC4E3 and #DDBEE3 sit 30° to either side of #CBBEE3. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BEC4E3 #CBBEE3 #DDBEE3

Triadic

#CBBEE3, #E3CBBE and #BEE3CB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CBBEE3 #E3CBBE #BEE3CB

Split complementary

Start at #CBBEE3 and look across the wheel. #E3DDBE and #C4E3BE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CBBEE3 #E3DDBE #C4E3BE

Square

Starting with #CBBEE3, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E3BEC4, #D6E3BE, then #BEE3DD. Across the square, #CBBEE3 pairs with #D6E3BE, and #E3BEC4 with #BEE3DD.

#CBBEE3 #E3BEC4 #D6E3BE #BEE3DD

Tetradic

#CBBEE3 and #D6E3BE are opposites, as are #E3BED6 and #BEE3CB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CBBEE3 #E3BED6 #D6E3BE #BEE3CB

Tints

Mixing #CBBEE3 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5CBE9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F2F9, the mixture is 80% white.

#CBBEE3 #D5CBE9 #E0D8EE #EAE5F4 #F5F2F9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CBBEE3 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A298B6, keeps 80% of the original. By #29262D, the mixture is 80% black.

#CBBEE3 #A298B6 #7A7288 #514C5B #29262D #000000

Tones

Mixing #CBBEE3 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCB2CF, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8C94, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CBBEE3 #BCB2CF #ADA5BB #9E99A8 #8F8C94 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CBBEE3

RGB

rgb(203 190 227)

HSL

hsl(261.081 39.785% 81.765%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CBBEE3;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CBBEE3 uses 203 red, 190 green and 227 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.6%

Green 74.5%

Blue 89.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CBBEE3 is 10.6% cyan, 16.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 11.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 10.6%

Magenta 16.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 11.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCBBDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CBD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CBBEE3 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCBBDD Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#CBBEE3 #CDC4DD #CFCAD7 #D1D1D1 #D2D7CA #D4DDC4 #D6E3BE

Color vision previews

Compare how #CBBEE3 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#B7C4E5

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#B9C4E2

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C7C3CA

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BEC2E4

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BFC2E2

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CAC0DA

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#C4C4C4

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C7C1D4

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.59720 G 0.51492 B 0.76815

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.78734 G 0.74686 B 0.87921

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.58259 G 0.51765 B 0.74690

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.296 y 0.286 Y 55.070

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 20.392 M % 25.490 Y % 10.980

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001011 10111110 11100011