#BE8CD2#BE8CD2

#BE8CD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8CD2
RGB	rgb(190, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(283, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(283, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 31.38, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 42.49, 317.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0813 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.113 316)
XYZ	xyz(42.2444, 34.3573, 65.3665)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8CD2 #A0D28C

analogous

#9B8CD2 #BE8CD2 #D28CC3

triadic

#BE8CD2 #D2BE8C #8CD2BE

tetradic

#BE8CD2 #D29B8C #A0D28C #8CC3D2

square

#BE8CD2 #D29B8C #A0D28C #8CC3D2

split-complementary

#BE8CD2 #C3D28C #8CD29B

monochromatic

#8740A4 #A560C1 #BE8CD2 #D7B8E3 #F0E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE8CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BE8CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8CD2

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8CD2	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD95A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aee0',
    500: '#be8cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8cd2;
$custom-light: #d2aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71286,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.34356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8CD2

secondary

#D8E7D2

accent

#B72F56

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8CD2

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

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