#BE99DD#BE99DD

#BE99DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.104 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE99DD
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 26.48, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 39.56, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.065 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.104 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6752, 38.9505, 73.5046)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE99DD #B8DD99

analogous

#9C99DD #BE99DD #DD99DA

triadic

#BE99DD #DDBE99 #99DDBE

tetradic

#BE99DD #DD9C99 #B8DD99 #99DADD

square

#BE99DD #DD9C99 #B8DD99 #99DADD

split-complementary

#BE99DD #DADD99 #99DD9C

monochromatic

#833FBD #A16BCE #BE99DD #DBC7EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BE99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BE99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE99DD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE99DD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.104 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7e7',
    500: '#be99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be99dd;
$custom-light: #d2b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.647,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74072,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE99DD

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD286C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE99DD

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

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