#BE9DCD#BE9DCD

#BE9DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.077 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9DCD
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(281, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 20.93, -19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 28.93, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0545 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.077 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3099, 39.4695, 63.0299)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9DCD #ACCD9D

analogous

#A69DCD #BE9DCD #CD9DC4

triadic

#BE9DCD #CDBE9D #9DCDBE

tetradic

#BE9DCD #CDA69D #ACCD9D #9DC4CD

square

#BE9DCD #CDA69D #ACCD9D #9DC4CD

split-complementary

#BE9DCD #C4CD9D #9DCDA6

monochromatic

#86519F #A374B8 #BE9DCD #D9C6E2 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BE9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BE9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9DCD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9DCD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.077 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2badc',
    500: '#be9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9dcd;
$custom-light: #d2badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74166,
    "c": 0.07681,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9DCD

secondary

#E1E9DD

accent

#AB3A5E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9DCD

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

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