#BE99E6#BE99E6

#BE99E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE99E6
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 230)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 33.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 28.44, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 44.17, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0673 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.115 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9066, 39.4430, 79.9897)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE99E6 #C1E699

analogous

#999BE6 #BE99E6 #E499E6

triadic

#BE99E6 #E6BE99 #99E6BE

tetradic

#BE99E6 #E6999B #C1E699 #99E6E4

square

#BE99E6 #E6999B #C1E699 #99E6E4

split-complementary

#BE99E6 #E6E499 #9BE699

monochromatic

#7F37CE #9F68DA #BE99E6 #DDCAF2 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BE99E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BE99E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE99E6

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE99E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE99E6	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be99e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7ee',
    500: '#be99e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be99e6;
$custom-light: #d2b7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be99e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.831,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74461,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE99E6

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C81D76

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE99E6

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

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