#BE8CD7#BE8CD7

#BE8CD7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8CD7
RGB	rgb(190, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(280, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 32.42, -31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 44.94, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0825 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.119 314)
XYZ	xyz(42.8771, 34.6104, 68.6986)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8CD7 #A5D78C

analogous

#998CD7 #BE8CD7 #D78CCB

triadic

#BE8CD7 #D7BE8C #8CD7BE

tetradic

#BE8CD7 #D7998C #A5D78C #8CCBD7

square

#BE8CD7 #D7998C #A5D78C #8CCBD7

split-complementary

#BE8CD7 #CBD78C #8CD799

monochromatic

#873CAD #A45FC7 #BE8CD7 #D8B9E7 #F1E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE8CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BE8CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8CD7

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8CD7	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC96A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aee3',
    500: '#be8cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8cd7;
$custom-light: #d2aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71503,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.3461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8CD7

secondary

#DCEAD5

accent

#BC2A5A

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8CD7

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

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