#BE9BD2#BE9BD2

#BE9BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.086 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9BD2
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(278, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 23.06, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 32.72, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.059 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.086 313)
XYZ	xyz(44.5875, 39.0436, 66.1476)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9BD2 #AFD29B

analogous

#A39BD2 #BE9BD2 #D29BCB

triadic

#BE9BD2 #D2BE9B #9BD2BE

tetradic

#BE9BD2 #D2A39B #AFD29B #9BCBD2

square

#BE9BD2 #D2A39B #AFD29B #9BCBD2

split-complementary

#BE9BD2 #CBD29B #9BD2A3

monochromatic

#864BA7 #A371BF #BE9BD2 #D9C5E5 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BE9BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BE9BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9BD2

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9BD2	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.086 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8e0',
    500: '#be9bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9bd2;
$custom-light: #d2b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.39043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9BD2

secondary

#E2EBDD

accent

#B13562

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9BD2

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

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