#BE9BCB#BE9BCB

#BE9BCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.078 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9BCB
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(284, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(284, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 21.63, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 29.27, 317.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0569 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.078 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7344, 38.7023, 61.6547)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9BCB #A8CB9B

analogous

#A69BCB #BE9BCB #CB9BC0

triadic

#BE9BCB #CBBE9B #9BCBBE

tetradic

#BE9BCB #CBA69B #A8CB9B #9BC0CB

square

#BE9BCB #CBA69B #A8CB9B #9BC0CB

split-complementary

#BE9BCB #C0CB9B #9BCBA6

monochromatic

#87519B #A473B6 #BE9BCB #D8C3E0 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BE9BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BE9BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9BCB

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9BCB	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.078 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8db',
    500: '#be9bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9bcb;
$custom-light: #d2b8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.75,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73716,
    "c": 0.07801,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9BCB

secondary

#DEE8DA

accent

#AA3B59

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9BCB

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

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