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#BE99FB — Light Vivid Purple

#BE99FB is a purple color we call Light Vivid 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 #BE99FB 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.

#BE99FB is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #D5FB98; it also sits naturally between #98A4FB and #EF98FB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BE99FB · RGB 190, 153, 251

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Color values

HEX#BE99FB
RGB190, 153, 251
HSL263°, 92%, 79%
HSV263°, 39%, 98%
CMYK24%, 39%, 0%, 2%
XYZ50.04, 40.69, 96.48
Yxy40.69, 0.2673, 0.2174
CIE-Lab69.96, 33.21, -43.89
Hunter Lab63.79, 32.29, -50.36

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 60% · Blue 98%

Cyan 24% · Magenta 39% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BE99FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BE99FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BE99FB

.text { color: #BE99FB; }
.background { background-color: #BE99FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BE99FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 153, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(263, 92%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BE99FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 153, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BE99FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 153, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BE99FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BE99FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BE99FB

#A876F9#8F4FF8#7A2CF6#620AF0#5409CE#4407A6#360684#26045D#18023B#080114

Tints of #BE99FB

#C4A2FB#C7A7FB#CDB1FC#D4BAFC#DAC4FD#DDC9FD#E3D3FD#E9DDFE#ECE2FE#F3EBFE

Tones of #BE99FB

#C09FF4#C1A6ED#C3ADE6#C5B5DE#C6BCD7#C8C2D0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D5FB98:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.30:1 Fails
Against black text9.14:1 AAA

Best text color on #BE99FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BE99FB

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 #BE99FB: ·

How #BE99FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AEAEE3Deuteranopia · #B0B3DETritanopia · #BCD1CC

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 #BE99FB rather than the exact color:

Palette B799ff
#B799FF · #ACBCFF · #AEE2FF · #E6FFFD
Palette F2afef
#F2AFEF · #C499F3 · #7360DF · #33186B
Palette 7effdb
#7EFFDB · #B693FE · #8C82FC · #FF9DE2
Vintage Ruby Orchard
#1DA15C · #31C8DA · #6687E3 · #BEA4EF
Palette B2a4ff
#B2A4FF · #FFB4B4 · #FFDEB4 · #FDF7C3
Palette Fff9ca
#FFF9CA · #FFDEB4 · #FFB4B4 · #B2A4FF

Similar colors

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

#B799FF#C499F3#B693FE#BEA4EF#B2A4FF#C49AEB#B2A5FF#CB9DF0#B7A5F0#C49FEB#BDA1EA#B2A0EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BE99FA  ·  #BE99FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BE99FB?

#BE99FB is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 190, 153, 251). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BE99FB?

#BE99FB is RGB 190, 153, 251 — HSL 263°, 92%, 79% — CMYK 24%, 39%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #BE99FB?

Its complement is #D5FB98; analogous partners are #98A4FB and #EF98FB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BE99FB for text?

Black text on #BE99FB has a contrast ratio of 9.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.30:1.