Palettes / Colors / #BE8CED

#BE8CED — Light Purple

#BE8CED is a purple color we call Light Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

#BE8CED is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BBED8C; it also sits naturally between #8E8CED and #ED8CEB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 55% · Blue 93%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 41% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BE8CED

.text { color: #BE8CED; }
.background { background-color: #BE8CED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BE8CED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 140, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(271, 73%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BE8CED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 140, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BE8CED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 140, 237, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BE8CED">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BE8CED">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BE8CED

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Tones of #BE8CED

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BBED8C:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BE8CED: #000000.

How #BE8CED looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BE8CED rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BE8CEC  ·  #BE8CEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BE8CED?

#BE8CED is Light Purple, a purple color (RGB 190, 140, 237). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BE8CED?

#BE8CED is RGB 190, 140, 237 — HSL 271°, 73%, 74% — CMYK 20%, 41%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BE8CED?

Its complement is #BBED8C; analogous partners are #8E8CED and #ED8CEB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BE8CED for text?

Black text on #BE8CED has a contrast ratio of 8.16:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.57:1.