#BE9CDC#BE9CDC

#BE9CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.097 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9CDC
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(272, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 24.61, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 37.12, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0603 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.097 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0396, 39.8918, 72.9707)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9CDC #BADC9C

analogous

#9E9CDC #BE9CDC #DC9CDA

triadic

#BE9CDC #DCBE9C #9CDCBE

tetradic

#BE9CDC #DC9E9C #BADC9C #9CDADC

square

#BE9CDC #DC9E9C #BADC9C #9CDADC

split-complementary

#BE9CDC #DADC9C #9CDC9E

monochromatic

#8342BB #A06FCC #BE9CDC #DCC9EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BE9CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BE9CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9CDC

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9CDC	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.097 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9e7',
    500: '#be9cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9cdc;
$custom-light: #d2b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74577,
    "c": 0.09715,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9CDC

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2A6E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9CDC

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