#BE9CEB#BE9CEB

#BE9CEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.116 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9CEB
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 235)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 33.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 27.89, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 44.84, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0642 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.116 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1160, 40.7223, 83.9065)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9CEB #C9EB9C

analogous

#9CA2EB #BE9CEB #E69CEB

triadic

#BE9CEB #EBBE9C #9CEBBE

tetradic

#BE9CEB #EB9CA2 #C9EB9C #9CEBE6

square

#BE9CEB #EB9CA2 #C9EB9C #9CEBE6

split-complementary

#BE9CEB #EBE69C #A2EB9C

monochromatic

#7B36D6 #9D69E1 #BE9CEB #DFCFF5 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BE9CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BE9CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9CEB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9CEB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.116 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9f1',
    500: '#be9ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9ceb;
$custom-light: #d2b9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.823,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75221,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9CEB

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CE177F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9CEB

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

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