#BE40C4#BE40C4

#BE40C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.219 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE40C4
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(297, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 66.11, -44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 79.53, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% 0.1816 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.219 326)
XYZ	xyz(33.0317, 18.6016, 54.0645)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE40C4 #46C440

analogous

#7C40C4 #BE40C4 #C44088

triadic

#BE40C4 #C4BE40 #40C4BE

tetradic

#BE40C4 #C47C40 #46C440 #4088C4

square

#BE40C4 #C47C40 #46C440 #4088C4

split-complementary

#BE40C4 #88C440 #40C47C

monochromatic

#662069 #932F98 #BE40C4 #CE6FD2 #DE9EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BE40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BE40C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE40C4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE40C4	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#266DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3547D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.219 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57fd6',
    500: '#be40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be40c4;
$custom-light: #d57fd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.273,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59934,
    "c": 0.21915,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.18599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE40C4

secondary

#95CD93

accent

#DC4C52

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE40C4

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

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