#BE8BCD#BE8BCD

#BE8BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.109 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8BCD
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(286, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(286, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 30.91, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 40.72, 319.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0815 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.109 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4857, 33.8212, 62.0885)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8BCD #9ACD8B

analogous

#9D8BCD #BE8BCD #CD8BBB

triadic

#BE8BCD #CDBE8B #8BCDBE

tetradic

#BE8BCD #CD9D8B #9ACD8B #8BBBCD

square

#BE8BCD #CD9D8B #9ACD8B #8BBBCD

split-complementary

#BE8BCD #BBCD8B #8BCD9D

monochromatic

#87439B #A660BB #BE8BCD #D6B6DF #EEE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BE8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BE8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8BCD

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8BCD	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE93A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.109 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2addc',
    500: '#be8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8bcd;
$custom-light: #d2addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70899,
    "c": 0.10899,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8BCD

secondary

#D4E4D0

accent

#B33350

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8BCD

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

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