#BE8BB9#BE8BB9

#BE8BB9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.088 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8BB9
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(306, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(306, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 2.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, 27.03, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 31.61, 328.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0758 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.088 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2240, 32.9165, 50.1769)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8BB9 #8BBE90

analogous

#AA8BBE #BE8BB9 #BE8BA0

triadic

#BE8BB9 #B9BE8B #8BB9BE

tetradic

#BE8BB9 #BEAA8B #8BBE90 #8BA0BE

square

#BE8BB9 #BEAA8B #8BBE90 #8BA0BE

split-complementary

#BE8BB9 #A0BE8B #8BBEAA

monochromatic

#844A7F #A864A1 #BE8BB9 #D4B2D1 #EAD9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BE8BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BE8BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8BB9

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8BB9	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.088 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adce',
    500: '#be8bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8bb9;
$custom-light: #d2adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.882,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70105,
    "c": 0.08763,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8BB9

secondary

#CADBCB

accent

#A7493F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8BB9

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

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