#BE55D5#BE55D5

#BE55D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.206 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE55D5
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 60.43, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 76.85, 321.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.1581 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.206 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4925, 22.2499, 65.3103)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE55D5 #6CD555

analogous

#7E55D5 #BE55D5 #D555AC

triadic

#BE55D5 #D5BE55 #55D5BE

tetradic

#BE55D5 #D57E55 #6CD555 #55ACD5

square

#BE55D5 #D57E55 #6CD555 #55ACD5

split-complementary

#BE55D5 #ACD555 #55D57E

monochromatic

#7A238D #A42FBE #BE55D5 #D186E1 #E4B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BE55D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#BE55D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE55D5

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE55D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE55D5	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F86D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF698D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be55d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.206 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58be2',
    500: '#be55d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be55d5;
$custom-light: #d58be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be55d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.219,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63176,
    "c": 0.20615,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE55D5

secondary

#B3DCA9

accent

#E44461

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE55D5

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

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