#BE99FF

sRGB: 190 / 153 / 255

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Shimmering rivers cascade across forgotten valleys
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#BE99FF belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 153 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 261.8° lands in the violet region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.19:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 153, 255
HSL: 261.76°, 100.00%, 80.00%
HSV / HSB: 261.76°, 40.00%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 25.49%, 40.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 50.674, 40.950, 99.846
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 70.141, 34.137, -45.774
WCAG relative luminance: 0.40950
24-bit decimal: 12491263

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BE99FF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 9.19:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.29:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DAFF99 sits half a turn (180°) from #BE99FF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BE99FF #DAFF99

Analogous

#99A7FF and #F199FF sit 30° to either side of #BE99FF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#99A7FF #BE99FF #F199FF

Triadic

#BE99FF, #FFBE99 and #99FFBE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BE99FF #FFBE99 #99FFBE

Split complementary

Start at #BE99FF and look across the wheel. #FFF199 and #A7FF99 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BE99FF #FFF199 #A7FF99

Square

Starting with #BE99FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FF99A7, #DAFF99, then #99FFF1. Across the square, #BE99FF pairs with #DAFF99, and #FF99A7 with #99FFF1.

#BE99FF #FF99A7 #DAFF99 #99FFF1

Tetradic

#BE99FF and #DAFF99 are opposites, as are #FF99DA and #99FFBE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BE99FF #FF99DA #DAFF99 #99FFBE

Tints

Mixing #BE99FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBADFF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2EBFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#BE99FF #CBADFF #D8C2FF #E5D6FF #F2EBFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BE99FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #987ACC, keeps 80% of the original. By #261F33, the mixture is 80% black.

#BE99FF #987ACC #725C99 #4C3D66 #261F33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BE99FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B294E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C8599, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BE99FF #B294E6 #A58FCC #998AB3 #8C8599 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BE99FF

RGB

rgb(190 153 255)

HSL

hsl(261.765 100.000% 80.000%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BE99FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BE99FF uses 190 red, 153 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 60.0%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BE99FF is 25.5% cyan, 40.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 25.5%

Magenta 40.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB99FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B9F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BE99FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB99FF Nearest web-safe: #CC99FF

Gradient to complement

#BE99FF #C3AAEE #C7BBDD #CCCCCC #D1DDBB #D5EEAA #DAFF99

Color vision previews

Compare how #BE99FF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#7EABFF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#85ABFC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B2AAC0

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#98A5FF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#99A6FD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BAA0EB

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#ABABAB

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B5A3DB

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.51492 G 0.31855 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.72206 G 0.60555 B 0.97423

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.48005 G 0.32507 B 0.94238

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.265 y 0.214 Y 40.950

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.490 M % 40.000 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111110 10011001 11111111