#BE8CD6#BE8CD6

#BE8CD6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.118 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8CD6
RGB	rgb(190, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(281, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 32.21, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 44.44, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0823 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.118 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7490, 34.5592, 68.0239)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8CD6 #A4D68C

analogous

#998CD6 #BE8CD6 #D68CC9

triadic

#BE8CD6 #D6BE8C #8CD6BE

tetradic

#BE8CD6 #D6998C #A4D68C #8CC9D6

square

#BE8CD6 #D6998C #A4D68C #8CC9D6

split-complementary

#BE8CD6 #C9D68C #8CD699

monochromatic

#873DAB #A55FC6 #BE8CD6 #D8B9E6 #F1E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BE8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8CD6

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8CD6	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD96A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.118 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aee3',
    500: '#be8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8cd6;
$custom-light: #d2aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.541,
    "s": 47.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71459,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8CD6

secondary

#DBEAD4

accent

#BB2B59

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8CD6

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

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