#BE9EDD#BE9EDD

#BE9EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.095 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9EDD
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 23.71, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 36.35, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0577 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.095 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5108, 40.6216, 73.7831)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9EDD #BDDD9E

analogous

#9F9EDD #BE9EDD #DD9EDD

triadic

#BE9EDD #DDBE9E #9EDDBE

tetradic

#BE9EDD #DD9F9E #BDDD9E #9EDDDD

square

#BE9EDD #DD9F9E #BDDD9E #9EDDDD

split-complementary

#BE9EDD #DDDD9E #9EDD9F

monochromatic

#8143BD #A071CD #BE9EDD #DCCBED #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BE9EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BE9EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9EDD

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9EDD	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.095 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bbe7',
    500: '#be9edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9edd;
$custom-light: #d2bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.476,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74986,
    "c": 0.09499,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9EDD

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2A72

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9EDD

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

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