#BE40D4#BE40D4

#BE40D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.232 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE40D4
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(291, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 68.92, -51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 86.32, 322.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.1814 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.232 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9509, 19.3693, 64.1723)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE40D4 #56D440

analogous

#7440D4 #BE40D4 #D440A0

triadic

#BE40D4 #D4BE40 #40D4BE

tetradic

#BE40D4 #D47440 #56D440 #40A0D4

square

#BE40D4 #D47440 #56D440 #40A0D4

split-complementary

#BE40D4 #A0D440 #40D474

monochromatic

#6F1C7D #9B27AF #BE40D4 #CF72DF #E0A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BE40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BE40D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE40D4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE40D4	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.232 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580e2',
    500: '#be40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be40d4;
$custom-light: #d580e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.081,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60868,
    "c": 0.23238,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE40D4

secondary

#A2D798

accent

#E6425A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE40D4

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

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