#BE9BCD#BE9BCD

#BE9BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.080 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9BCD
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(282, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 22.04, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 30.24, 316.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0575 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.08 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9743, 38.7983, 62.9180)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9BCD #AACD9B

analogous

#A59BCD #BE9BCD #CD9BC3

triadic

#BE9BCD #CDBE9B #9BCDBE

tetradic

#BE9BCD #CDA59B #AACD9B #9BC3CD

square

#BE9BCD #CDA59B #AACD9B #9BC3CD

split-complementary

#BE9BCD #C3CD9B #9BCDA5

monochromatic

#874F9E #A372B9 #BE9BCD #D9C4E1 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BE9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BE9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9BCD

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9BCD	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.080 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8dc',
    500: '#be9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9bcd;
$custom-light: #d2b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73793,
    "c": 0.08038,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9BCD

secondary

#DFE9DB

accent

#AC395C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9BCD

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

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