#BE9CD2#BE9CD2

#BE9CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.085 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9CD2
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(278, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 22.51, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 32.07, 314.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0575 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.085 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7546, 39.3778, 66.2033)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9CD2 #B0D29C

analogous

#A39CD2 #BE9CD2 #D29CCB

triadic

#BE9CD2 #D2BE9C #9CD2BE

tetradic

#BE9CD2 #D2A39C #B0D29C #9CCBD2

square

#BE9CD2 #D2A39C #B0D29C #9CCBD2

split-complementary

#BE9CD2 #CBD29C #9CD2A3

monochromatic

#864CA7 #A272BF #BE9CD2 #DAC6E5 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BE9CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BE9CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9CD2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9CD2	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.085 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9e0',
    500: '#be9cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9cd2;
$custom-light: #d2b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74173,
    "c": 0.08467,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9CD2

secondary

#E3ECDE

accent

#B03563

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9CD2

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

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