#BE40B5#BE40B5

#BE40B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.207 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE40B5
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 63.62, -36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 73.46, 330.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.181 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.207 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4090, 17.9525, 45.5180)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE40B5 #40BE49

analogous

#8840BE #BE40B5 #BE4076

triadic

#BE40B5 #B5BE40 #40B5BE

tetradic

#BE40B5 #BE8840 #40BE49 #4076BE

square

#BE40B5 #BE8840 #40BE49 #4076BE

split-complementary

#BE40B5 #76BE40 #40BE88

monochromatic

#62215E #903189 #BE40B5 #CE6DC7 #DD9BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BE40B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BE40B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE40B5

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE40B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE40B5	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#376AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be40b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.207 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57fcb',
    500: '#be40b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be40b5;
$custom-light: #d57fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be40b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59119,
    "c": 0.20724,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE40B5

secondary

#90C994

accent

#D9594F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE40B5

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

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