#BE8BDD#BE8BDD

#BE8BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8BDD
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 34.24, -34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 48.55, 314.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0854 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.128 312)
XYZ	xyz(43.5167, 34.6336, 72.7851)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8BDD #AADD8B

analogous

#958BDD #BE8BDD #DD8BD3

triadic

#BE8BDD #DDBE8B #8BDDBE

tetradic

#BE8BDD #DD958B #AADD8B #8BD3DD

square

#BE8BDD #DD958B #AADD8B #8BD3DD

split-complementary

#BE8BDD #D3DD8B #8BDD95

monochromatic

#8736B8 #A35CCF #BE8BDD #D9BAEB #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BE8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8BDD

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8BDD	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB96AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ade8',
    500: '#be8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8bdd;
$custom-light: #d3ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.317,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71598,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.34633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8BDD

secondary

#DFEDD7

accent

#C2235F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8BDD

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

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