#BE8CEE#BE8CEE

#BE8CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.146 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8CEE
RGB	rgb(190, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 37.40, -42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 56.47, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0873 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.146 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0428, 35.8767, 85.3717)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8CEE #BCEE8C

analogous

#8D8CEE #BE8CEE #EE8CED

triadic

#BE8CEE #EEBE8C #8CEEBE

tetradic

#BE8CEE #EE8D8C #BCEE8C #8CEDEE

square

#BE8CEE #EE8D8C #BCEE8C #8CEDEE

split-complementary

#BE8CEE #EDEE8C #8CEE8D

monochromatic

#8221DE #A057E6 #BE8CEE #DCC1F6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BE8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BE8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8CEE

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8CEE	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79BB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.146 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aef4',
    500: '#be8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8cee;
$custom-light: #d3aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72567,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8CEE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D60F71

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8CEE

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

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