#BE9FCD#BE9FCD

#BE9FCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.073 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9FCD
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 19.82, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 27.62, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0515 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.073 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6510, 40.1518, 63.1436)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9FCD #AECD9F

analogous

#A79FCD #BE9FCD #CD9FC5

triadic

#BE9FCD #CDBE9F #9FCDBE

tetradic

#BE9FCD #CDA79F #AECD9F #9FC5CD

square

#BE9FCD #CDA79F #AECD9F #9FC5CD

split-complementary

#BE9FCD #C5CD9F #9FCDA7

monochromatic

#86539F #A377B8 #BE9FCD #D9C7E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BE9FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BE9FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9FCD

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9FCD	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.073 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bbdc',
    500: '#be9fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9fcd;
$custom-light: #d2bbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.435,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74541,
    "c": 0.07324,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9FCD

secondary

#E2EADE

accent

#AA3B5F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9FCD

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

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