#BE9DBD#BE9DBD

#BE9DBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.059 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9DBD
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(302, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(302, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 17.79, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 21.41, 326.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0492 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.059 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4764, 38.7361, 53.3735)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9DBD #9DBE9E

analogous

#AE9DBE #BE9DBD #BE9DAC

triadic

#BE9DBD #BDBE9D #9DBDBE

tetradic

#BE9DBD #BEAE9D #9DBE9E #9DACBE

square

#BE9DBD #BEAE9D #9DBE9E #9DACBE

split-complementary

#BE9DBD #ACBE9D #9DBEAE

monochromatic

#875A86 #A678A4 #BE9DBD #D6C2D6 #EFE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BE9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BE9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9DBD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9DBD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.059 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bad0',
    500: '#be9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9dbd;
$custom-light: #d1bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.818,
    "s": 20.245,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73582,
    "c": 0.05862,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9DBD

secondary

#D6E0D7

accent

#9F4A47

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9DBD

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

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