#BE40D5#BE40D5

#BE40D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.233 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE40D5
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, 69.10, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 86.75, 322.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.1813 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.233 321)
XYZ	xyz(35.0775, 19.4199, 64.8387)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE40D5 #57D540

analogous

#7440D5 #BE40D5 #D540A2

triadic

#BE40D5 #D5BE40 #40D5BE

tetradic

#BE40D5 #D57440 #57D540 #40A2D5

square

#BE40D5 #D57440 #57D540 #40A2D5

split-complementary

#BE40D5 #A2D540 #40D574

monochromatic

#6F1C7F #9C27B1 #BE40D5 #CF72E0 #E0A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BE40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BE40D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE40D5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE40D5	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.233 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d580e2',
    500: '#be40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be40d5;
$custom-light: #d580e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.738,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60929,
    "c": 0.23321,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.19418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE40D5

secondary

#A3D899

accent

#E7415A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE40D5

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

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