#BE9BDB#BE9BDB

#BE9BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.098 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9BDB
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(273, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 24.95, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 37.26, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0615 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.098 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7404, 39.5047, 72.2196)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9BDB #B8DB9B

analogous

#9E9BDB #BE9BDB #DB9BD8

triadic

#BE9BDB #DBBE9B #9BDBBE

tetradic

#BE9BDB #DB9E9B #B8DB9B #9BD8DB

square

#BE9BDB #DB9E9B #B8DB9B #9BD8DB

split-complementary

#BE9BDB #D8DB9B #9BDB9E

monochromatic

#8343B9 #A16ECB #BE9BDB #DBC8EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BE9BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BE9BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9BDB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9BDB	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.098 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8e6',
    500: '#be9bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9bdb;
$custom-light: #d2b8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.813,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74353,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9BDB

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BA2B6C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9BDB

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

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