#BE8BEE#BE8BEE

#BE8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.148 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8BEE
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 37.95, -42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 57.10, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0887 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.148 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8974, 35.5858, 85.3232)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8BEE #BBEE8B

analogous

#8D8BEE #BE8BEE #EE8BED

triadic

#BE8BEE #EEBE8B #8BEEBE

tetradic

#BE8BEE #EE8D8B #BBEE8B #8BEDEE

square

#BE8BEE #EE8D8B #BBEE8B #8BEDEE

split-complementary

#BE8BEE #EDEE8B #8BEE8D

monochromatic

#8221DE #A056E6 #BE8BEE #DCC0F6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BE8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8BEE

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8BEE	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.148 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adf4',
    500: '#be8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8bee;
$custom-light: #d3adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72399,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8BEE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D70F70

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8BEE

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

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