#BE40C8#BE40C8

#BE40C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.222 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE40C8
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 66.80, -46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 81.20, 325.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.1817 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.222 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4931, 18.7861, 56.4943)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE40C8 #4AC840

analogous

#7A40C8 #BE40C8 #C8408E

triadic

#BE40C8 #C8BE40 #40C8BE

tetradic

#BE40C8 #C87A40 #4AC840 #408EC8

square

#BE40C8 #C87A40 #4AC840 #408EC8

split-complementary

#BE40C8 #8EC840 #40C87A

monochromatic

#68206E #952D9D #BE40C8 #CE70D6 #DE9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BE40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BE40C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE40C8

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE40C8	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.222 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57fd9',
    500: '#be40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be40c8;
$custom-light: #d57fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.588,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60161,
    "c": 0.22242,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE40C8

secondary

#98D094

accent

#DF4954

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE40C8

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

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