#BE9EBE#BE9EBE

#BE9EBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.058 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9EBE
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 17.43, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 21.18, 325.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.048 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.058 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7552, 39.1194, 54.0037)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9EBE #9EBE9E

analogous

#AE9EBE #BE9EBE #BE9EAE

triadic

#BE9EBE #BEBE9E #9EBEBE

tetradic

#BE9EBE #BEAE9E #9EBE9E #9EAEBE

square

#BE9EBE #BEAE9E #9EBE9E #9EAEBE

split-complementary

#BE9EBE #AEBE9E #9EBEAE

monochromatic

#875B87 #A579A5 #BE9EBE #D7C3D7 #EFE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BE9EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BE9EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9EBE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9EBE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.058 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bad1',
    500: '#be9ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9ebe;
$custom-light: #d1bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73807,
    "c": 0.05784,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9EBE

secondary

#D7E1D7

accent

#9E4747

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9EBE

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

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