#BE40C6#BE40C6

#BE40C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.221 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE40C6
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 67.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 66.46, -45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 80.36, 325.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1816 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.221 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2609, 18.6933, 55.2714)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE40C6 #48C640

analogous

#7B40C6 #BE40C6 #C6408B

triadic

#BE40C6 #C6BE40 #40C6BE

tetradic

#BE40C6 #C67B40 #48C640 #408BC6

square

#BE40C6 #C67B40 #48C640 #408BC6

split-complementary

#BE40C6 #8BC640 #40C67B

monochromatic

#67206C #942E9B #BE40C6 #CE6FD4 #DE9EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BE40C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BE40C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE40C6

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE40C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE40C6	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be40c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.221 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57fd8',
    500: '#be40c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be40c6;
$custom-light: #d57fd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be40c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.418,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60047,
    "c": 0.22078,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE40C6

secondary

#97CE93

accent

#DD4A53

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE40C6

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

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