#BE8CD9#BE8CD9

#BE8CD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.121 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8CD9
RGB	rgb(190, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 32.84, -32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 45.92, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.083 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.121 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1356, 34.7138, 70.0603)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8CD9 #A7D98C

analogous

#978CD9 #BE8CD9 #D98CCE

triadic

#BE8CD9 #D9BE8C #8CD9BE

tetradic

#BE8CD9 #D9978C #A7D98C #8CCED9

square

#BE8CD9 #D9978C #A7D98C #8CCED9

split-complementary

#BE8CD9 #CED98C #8CD997

monochromatic

#873AB0 #A45ECA #BE8CD9 #D8BAE8 #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BE8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BE8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8CD9

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8CD9	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC96A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.121 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aee5',
    500: '#be8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8cd9;
$custom-light: #d2aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.961,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71591,
    "c": 0.12117,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8CD9

secondary

#DDEBD6

accent

#BE285C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141015

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8CD9

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

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