#be9bd9

Color #be9bd9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 10.24 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#be9bd9

RGB

rgb(190, 155, 217)

HSL

hsl(273.9, 44.9%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.9, 28.6%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(69.04, 24.52, -26.68)

LCH

lch(69.04, 36.24, 312.58)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0951, 309.88)

HWB

hwb(273.9, 60.8%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6d99b

Analogous

#9f9bd9

#be9bd9

#d99bd5

Triadic

#be9bd9

#d9be9b

#9bd9be

Split-complementary

#be9bd9

#d5d99b

#9bd99f

Tetradic

#be9bd9

#d99bb6

#b6d99b

#9bd9be

Square

#be9bd9

#d99f9b

#b6d99b

#9bd5d9

Shades

Color #be9bd9 mixed toward black.

#a16ec8

#8344b4

#623387

#42225a

#21112d

Tints

Color #be9bd9 mixed toward white.

#c9acdf

#d4bce6

#decdec

#e9def2

#f4eef9

Tones

Color #be9bd9 mixed toward gray.

#bda0d4

#bda5cf

#bcaac9

#bbb0c4

#bbb5bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0cc · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#b2b4c9 · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#bcc1bf · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #be9bd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#be9bd9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#be9bd9 (#be9bd9) is rgb(190, 155, 217) in RGB.

No, #be9bd9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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