#BE40E6#BE40E6

#BE40E6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.248 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE40E6
RGB	rgb(190, 64, 230)
HSL	hsl(286, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 72.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 72.23, -60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 94.18, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.18 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.248 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3494, 20.3286, 76.8040)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE40E6 #68E640

analogous

#6B40E6 #BE40E6 #E640BB

triadic

#BE40E6 #E6BE40 #40E6BE

tetradic

#BE40E6 #E66B40 #68E640 #40BBE6

square

#BE40E6 #E66B40 #68E640 #40BBE6

split-complementary

#BE40E6 #BBE640 #40E66B

monochromatic

#781498 #A31BCE #BE40E6 #D076ED #E3ACF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BE40E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BE40E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE40E6

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE40E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE40E6	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be40e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 64, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.248 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680ef',
    500: '#be40e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be40e6;
$custom-light: #d680ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be40e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.542,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61994,
    "c": 0.24764,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE40E6

secondary

#B0E29F

accent

#F33462

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE40E6

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

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