#BE40B2#BE40B2

#BE40B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.205 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE40B2
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 178)
HSL	hsl(306, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(306, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 6.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 63.14, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 72.29, 330.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1807 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.205 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1045, 17.8307, 43.9143)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE40B2 #40BE4C

analogous

#8B40BE #BE40B2 #BE4073

triadic

#BE40B2 #B2BE40 #40B2BE

tetradic

#BE40B2 #BE8B40 #40BE4C #4073BE

square

#BE40B2 #BE8B40 #40BE4C #4073BE

split-complementary

#BE40B2 #73BE40 #40BE8B

monochromatic

#62215C #903187 #BE40B2 #CE6DC5 #DD9BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BE40B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BE40B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE40B2

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE40B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE40B2	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#396AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be40b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.205 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57fc9',
    500: '#be40b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be40b2;
$custom-light: #d57fc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be40b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.714,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58964,
    "c": 0.20492,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE40B2

secondary

#90C996

accent

#D95C4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE40B2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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