#BE9BEB#BE9BEB

#BE9BEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9BEB
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 235)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 34%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 28.44, -35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 45.48, 308.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0656 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.118 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9489, 40.3881, 83.8508)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9BEB #C8EB9B

analogous

#9BA0EB #BE9BEB #E69BEB

triadic

#BE9BEB #EBBE9B #9BEBBE

tetradic

#BE9BEB #EB9BA0 #C8EB9B #9BEBE6

square

#BE9BEB #EB9BA0 #C8EB9B #9BEBE6

split-complementary

#BE9BEB #EBE69B #A0EB9B

monochromatic

#7C35D7 #9D68E1 #BE9BEB #DFCEF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BE9BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BE9BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9BEB

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9BEB	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8f1',
    500: '#be9beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9beb;
$custom-light: #d2b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75041,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9BEB

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CF177E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9BEB

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

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