#BE9ECD#BE9ECD

#BE9ECD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.075 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9ECD
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(281, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 20.37, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 28.28, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.053 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.075 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4798, 39.8092, 63.0865)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9ECD #ADCD9E

analogous

#A69ECD #BE9ECD #CD9EC4

triadic

#BE9ECD #CDBE9E #9ECDBE

tetradic

#BE9ECD #CDA69E #ADCD9E #9EC4CD

square

#BE9ECD #CDA69E #ADCD9E #9EC4CD

split-complementary

#BE9ECD #C4CD9E #9ECDA6

monochromatic

#86529F #A376B8 #BE9ECD #D9C6E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BE9ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BE9ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9ECD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9ECD	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.075 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2badc',
    500: '#be9ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9ecd;
$custom-light: #d2badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74353,
    "c": 0.07502,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9ECD

secondary

#E1EADD

accent

#AB3B5F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9ECD

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

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