#BE99CC#BE99CC

#BE99CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.083 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE99CC
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(284, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(284, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 22.95, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 31.07, 317.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0602 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.083 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5239, 38.0900, 62.1743)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE99CC #A7CC99

analogous

#A499CC #BE99CC #CC99C1

triadic

#BE99CC #CCBE99 #99CCBE

tetradic

#BE99CC #CCA499 #A7CC99 #99C1CC

square

#BE99CC #CCA499 #A7CC99 #99C1CC

split-complementary

#BE99CC #C1CC99 #99CCA4

monochromatic

#874E9C #A470B8 #BE99CC #D8C2E0 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BE99CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BE99CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE99CC

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE99CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE99CC	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be99cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.083 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7db',
    500: '#be99cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be99cc;
$custom-light: #d2b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be99cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.529,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73383,
    "c": 0.08277,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE99CC

secondary

#DDE8D9

accent

#AC3959

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE99CC

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

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