#BE9BE7#BE9BE7

#BE9BE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9BE7
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 231)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(268, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 27.55, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 43.41, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0646 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.113 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3775, 40.1596, 80.8415)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9BE7 #C4E79B

analogous

#9B9EE7 #BE9BE7 #E49BE7

triadic

#BE9BE7 #E7BE9B #9BE7BE

tetradic

#BE9BE7 #E79B9E #C4E79B #9BE7E4

square

#BE9BE7 #E79B9E #C4E79B #9BE7E4

split-complementary

#BE9BE7 #E7E49B #9EE79B

monochromatic

#7E38CF #9E6ADB #BE9BE7 #DECCF3 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BE9BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BE9BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9BE7

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9BE7	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8ef',
    500: '#be9be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9be7;
$custom-light: #d2b8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.632,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74864,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9BE7

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C91D7A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9BE7

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

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