#BE9CD3#BE9CD3

#BE9CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.086 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9CD3
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(277, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 22.71, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 32.57, 314.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.0578 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.086 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8796, 39.4278, 66.8614)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9CD3 #B1D39C

analogous

#A39CD3 #BE9CD3 #D39CCD

triadic

#BE9CD3 #D3BE9C #9CD3BE

tetradic

#BE9CD3 #D3A39C #B1D39C #9CCDD3

square

#BE9CD3 #D3A39C #B1D39C #9CCDD3

split-complementary

#BE9CD3 #CDD39C #9CD3A3

monochromatic

#854BA9 #A272C0 #BE9CD3 #DAC6E6 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BE9CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BE9CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9CD3

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9CD3	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.086 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9e0',
    500: '#be9cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9cd3;
$custom-light: #d2b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.091,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74213,
    "c": 0.08591,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9CD3

secondary

#E4ECDF

accent

#B13464

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9CD3

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

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