#BE40C9#BE40C9

#BE40C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.223 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE40C9
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 66.97, -46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 81.62, 325.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.1816 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.223 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6103, 18.8330, 57.1118)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE40C9 #4BC940

analogous

#7940C9 #BE40C9 #C94090

triadic

#BE40C9 #C9BE40 #40C9BE

tetradic

#BE40C9 #C97940 #4BC940 #4090C9

square

#BE40C9 #C97940 #4BC940 #4090C9

split-complementary

#BE40C9 #90C940 #40C979

monochromatic

#691F6F #962D9F #BE40C9 #CE70D6 #DE9FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BE40C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BE40C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE40C9

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE40C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE40C9	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E6ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be40c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.223 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57fda',
    500: '#be40c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be40c9;
$custom-light: #d57fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be40c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.182,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60219,
    "c": 0.22323,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE40C9

secondary

#99D094

accent

#DF4955

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE40C9

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

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