#BE9BBD#BE9BBD

#BE9BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.062 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9BBD
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(302, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(302, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 18.90, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 22.74, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0523 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.062 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1408, 38.0649, 53.2616)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9BBD #9BBE9C

analogous

#AD9BBE #BE9BBD #BE9BAC

triadic

#BE9BBD #BDBE9B #9BBDBE

tetradic

#BE9BBD #BEAD9B #9BBE9C #9BACBE

square

#BE9BBD #BEAD9B #9BBE9C #9BACBE

split-complementary

#BE9BBD #ACBE9B #9BBEAD

monochromatic

#875886 #A676A5 #BE9BBD #D6C0D5 #EEE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BE9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BE9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9BBD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9BBD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.062 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8d0',
    500: '#be9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9bbd;
$custom-light: #d2b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.714,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73202,
    "c": 0.06229,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9BBD

secondary

#D5E0D5

accent

#A04846

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9BBD

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

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