#BE40C5#BE40C5

#BE40C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.220 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE40C5
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(297, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 66.28, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 79.95, 326.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.1816 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.22 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1459, 18.6473, 54.6659)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE40C5 #47C540

analogous

#7B40C5 #BE40C5 #C54089

triadic

#BE40C5 #C5BE40 #40C5BE

tetradic

#BE40C5 #C57B40 #47C540 #4089C5

square

#BE40C5 #C57B40 #47C540 #4089C5

split-complementary

#BE40C5 #89C540 #40C57B

monochromatic

#66206A #942F99 #BE40C5 #CE6FD3 #DE9EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BE40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BE40C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE40C5

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE40C5	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#246EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.220 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57fd7',
    500: '#be40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be40c5;
$custom-light: #d57fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.842,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5999,
    "c": 0.21997,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE40C5

secondary

#96CE93

accent

#DD4B53

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE40C5

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

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