#BEB9CD#BEB9CD

#BEB9CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.028 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB9CD
RGB	rgb(190, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(255, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(255, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, 5.56, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 10.95, 300.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% 0.013 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.028 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6015, 50.0528, 64.7938)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB9CD #C8CDB9

analogous

#B9BECD #BEB9CD #C8B9CD

triadic

#BEB9CD #CDBEB9 #B9CDBE

tetradic

#BEB9CD #CDB9BE #C8CDB9 #B9CDC8

square

#BEB9CD #CDB9BE #C8CDB9 #B9CDC8

split-complementary

#BEB9CD #CDC8B9 #BECDB9

monochromatic

#7C729A #9D95B4 #BEB9CD #DFDDE7 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BEB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BEB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB9CD

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB9CD	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.028 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cedc',
    500: '#beb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb9cd;
$custom-light: #d1cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79605,
    "c": 0.02843,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB9CD

secondary

#9BA189

accent

#9B4B87

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB9CD

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

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