#BE40CE#BE40CE

#BE40CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.227 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE40CE
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(293, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 67.85, -49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 83.74, 324.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1816 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.227 323)
XYZ	xyz(34.2081, 19.0721, 60.2600)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE40CE #50CE40

analogous

#7740CE #BE40CE #CE4097

triadic

#BE40CE #CEBE40 #40CEBE

tetradic

#BE40CE #CE7740 #50CE40 #4097CE

square

#BE40CE #CE7740 #50CE40 #4097CE

split-complementary

#BE40CE #97CE40 #40CE77

monochromatic

#6C1E75 #982BA6 #BE40CE #CF71DA #DFA1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BE40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BE40CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE40CE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE40CE	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1270D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.227 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57fdd',
    500: '#be40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be40ce;
$custom-light: #d57fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.239,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6051,
    "c": 0.22737,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.1907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE40CE

secondary

#9DD496

accent

#E24557

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE40CE

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

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