#BEB4C8#BEB4C8

#BEB4C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.030 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB4C8
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(270, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(270, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, 7.28, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 11.45, 309.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% 0.0185 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.03 308)
XYZ	xyz(47.9800, 47.7599, 61.3233)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB4C8 #BEC8B4

analogous

#B4B4C8 #BEB4C8 #C8B4C8

triadic

#BEB4C8 #C8BEB4 #B4C8BE

tetradic

#BEB4C8 #C8B4B4 #BEC8B4 #B4C8C8

square

#BEB4C8 #C8B4B4 #BEC8B4 #B4C8C8

split-complementary

#BEB4C8 #C8C8B4 #B4C8B4

monochromatic

#816D94 #9F91AE #BEB4C8 #DDD7E2 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BEB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB4C8

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB4C8	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.030 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cad8',
    500: '#beb4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb4c8;
$custom-light: #d1cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78441,
    "c": 0.03,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.4776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB4C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9A4C73

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB4C8

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

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