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#BE93EB — Light Purple

#BE93EB is a purple color we call Light Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #BE93EB when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BE93EB 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 #C1EB93; it also sits naturally between #9395EB and #EA93EB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BE93EB · RGB 190, 147, 235

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Color values

HEX#BE93EB
RGB190, 147, 235
HSL269°, 69%, 75%
HSV269°, 37%, 92%
CMYK19%, 37%, 0%, 8%
XYZ46.66, 37.81, 83.44
Yxy37.81, 0.2779, 0.2252
CIE-Lab67.88, 32.88, -38.39
Hunter Lab61.49, 31.63, -42.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 58% · Blue 92%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 37% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BE93EB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BE93EB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BE93EB

.text { color: #BE93EB; }
.background { background-color: #BE93EB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BE93EB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 147, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(269, 69%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BE93EB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 147, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BE93EB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 147, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BE93EB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BE93EB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BE93EB

#AC75E6#9957E0#8739DB#7525CB#6420AC#50198A#3E146C#2D0E4E#1B092F#0A0311

Tints of #BE93EB

#C39CED#C8A5EE#CDADF0#D3B6F2#DAC3F4#E0CBF6#E5D4F7#EADDF9#EFE5FA#F5EEFC

Tones of #BE93EB

#BE9AE5#BEA0DE#BEA6D8#BFACD2#BFB3CC#BFB9C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C1EB93:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.45:1 Fails
Against black text8.56:1 AAA

Best text color on #BE93EB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BE93EB

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BE93EB: ·

How #BE93EB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ABABD6Deuteranopia · #AEB1D1Tritanopia · #BCC5C1

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:

Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BE93EB rather than the exact color:

Cosmic Summit
#84B718 · #A6E957 · #7845E6 · #C49AEB
Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #F6C6EA · #C490E4
Vintage Ruby Opal
#2391B7 · #5361CC · #B98EE4 · #E17BD4
Palette 1230ae
#1230AE · #6C48C5 · #C68FE6 · #FFF7F7
Palette F2afef
#F2AFEF · #C499F3 · #7360DF · #33186B
Lucky Ruby Orchard
#6FB916 · #A1EE71 · #6F19D7 · #B297EC

Similar colors

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

#C49AEB#C490E4#B98EE4#C68FE6#C499F3#B297EC#C49FEB#BDA1EA#B099EB#B79ADF#BE9FE1#C59EE0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BE93EA  ·  #BE93EC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BE93EB?

#BE93EB is Light Purple, a purple color (RGB 190, 147, 235). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BE93EB?

#BE93EB is RGB 190, 147, 235 — HSL 269°, 69%, 75% — CMYK 19%, 37%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #BE93EB?

Its complement is #C1EB93; analogous partners are #9395EB and #EA93EB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BE93EB for text?

Black text on #BE93EB has a contrast ratio of 8.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.45:1.