#BE9CDE#BE9CDE

#BE9CDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.100 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9CDE
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 222)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 29.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 25.03, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 38.14, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0609 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.1 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3060, 39.9983, 74.3741)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9CDE #BCDE9C

analogous

#9D9CDE #BE9CDE #DE9CDD

triadic

#BE9CDE #DEBE9C #9CDEBE

tetradic

#BE9CDE #DE9D9C #BCDE9C #9CDDDE

square

#BE9CDE #DE9D9C #BCDE9C #9CDDDE

split-complementary

#BE9CDE #DDDE9C #9CDE9D

monochromatic

#8240BF #A06ECF #BE9CDE #DCCAED #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BE9CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BE9CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9CDE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9CDE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.100 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9e8',
    500: '#be9cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9cde;
$custom-light: #d2b9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74661,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9CDE

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD2870

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9CDE

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

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