#BE9CD7#BE9CD7

#BE9CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.091 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9CD7
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(275, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 23.55, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 34.58, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0589 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.091 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3873, 39.6308, 69.5353)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9CD7 #B5D79C

analogous

#A09CD7 #BE9CD7 #D79CD3

triadic

#BE9CD7 #D7BE9C #9CD7BE

tetradic

#BE9CD7 #D7A09C #B5D79C #9CD3D7

square

#BE9CD7 #D7A09C #B5D79C #9CD3D7

split-complementary

#BE9CD7 #D3D79C #9CD7A0

monochromatic

#8448B1 #A170C5 #BE9CD7 #DBC8E9 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BE9CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BE9CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9CD7

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9CD7	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.091 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9e3',
    500: '#be9cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9cd7;
$custom-light: #d2b9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.576,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74373,
    "c": 0.09087,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9CD7

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B63069

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9CD7

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

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