#BE40B3#BE40B3

#BE40B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.206 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE40B3
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 5.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, 63.30, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 72.67, 330.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1808 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.206 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2052, 17.8710, 44.4450)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE40B3 #40BE4B

analogous

#8A40BE #BE40B3 #BE4074

triadic

#BE40B3 #B3BE40 #40B3BE

tetradic

#BE40B3 #BE8A40 #40BE4B #4074BE

square

#BE40B3 #BE8A40 #40BE4B #4074BE

split-complementary

#BE40B3 #74BE40 #40BE8A

monochromatic

#62215D #903188 #BE40B3 #CE6DC5 #DD9BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BE40B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BE40B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE40B3

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE40B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE40B3	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be40b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.206 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57fca',
    500: '#be40b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be40b3;
$custom-light: #d57fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be40b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.238,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59015,
    "c": 0.2057,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE40B3

secondary

#90C995

accent

#D95B4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE40B3

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

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