#BE9BC7#BE9BC7

#BE9BC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.073 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9BC7
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 199)
HSL	hsl(288, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 20.84, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 27.34, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0556 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.073 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2639, 38.5141, 59.1766)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9BC7 #A4C79B

analogous

#A89BC7 #BE9BC7 #C79BBA

triadic

#BE9BC7 #C7BE9B #9BC7BE

tetradic

#BE9BC7 #C7A89B #A4C79B #9BBAC7

square

#BE9BC7 #C7A89B #A4C79B #9BBAC7

split-complementary

#BE9BC7 #BAC79B #9BC7A8

monochromatic

#875394 #A574B1 #BE9BC7 #D8C2DD #F1E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BE9BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BE9BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9BC7

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9BC7	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.073 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8d8',
    500: '#be9bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9bc7;
$custom-light: #d2b8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.727,
    "s": 28.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.07333,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9BC7

secondary

#DBE5D9

accent

#A73F54

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9BC7

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

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