#BE9ED8#BE9ED8

#BE9ED8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.089 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9ED8
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 216)
HSL	hsl(273, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 26.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 22.65, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 33.79, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.0563 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.089 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8545, 40.3591, 70.3269)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9ED8 #B8D89E

analogous

#A19ED8 #BE9ED8 #D89ED5

triadic

#BE9ED8 #D8BE9E #9ED8BE

tetradic

#BE9ED8 #D8A19E #B8D89E #9ED5D8

square

#BE9ED8 #D8A19E #B8D89E #9ED5D8

split-complementary

#BE9ED8 #D5D89E #9ED8A1

monochromatic

#8348B3 #A172C6 #BE9ED8 #DBCAEA #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BE9ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BE9ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9ED8

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9ED8	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.089 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bae4',
    500: '#be9ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9ed8;
$custom-light: #d2bae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 42.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74783,
    "c": 0.08865,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9ED8

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B6306C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9ED8

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

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