#BE21CE

sRGB: 190 / 33 / 206

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Withered branches disappear beneath stillness
Boundless spirits transcend the limits of dreams

#BE21CE belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 33 green and 206 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 294.5° lands in the magenta region. Its 72.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 46.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.89:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 33, 206
HSL: 294.45°, 72.38%, 46.86%
HSV / HSB: 294.45°, 83.98%, 80.78%
CMYK (approx.): 7.77%, 83.98%, 0.00%, 19.22%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 32.918, 16.493, 59.844
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 47.614, 76.933, -54.135
WCAG relative luminance: 0.16491
24-bit decimal: 12460494

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BE21CE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 4.30:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 4.89:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#31CE21 sits half a turn (180°) from #BE21CE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BE21CE #31CE21

Analogous

#6821CE and #CE2188 sit 30° to either side of #BE21CE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#6821CE #BE21CE #CE2188

Triadic

#BE21CE, #CEBE21 and #21CEBE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BE21CE #CEBE21 #21CEBE

Split complementary

Start at #BE21CE and look across the wheel. #88CE21 and #21CE68 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BE21CE #88CE21 #21CE68

Square

Starting with #BE21CE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CE6721, #31CE21, then #2188CE. Across the square, #BE21CE pairs with #31CE21, and #CE6721 with #2188CE.

#BE21CE #CE6721 #31CE21 #2188CE

Tetradic

#BE21CE and #31CE21 are opposites, as are #CE2131 and #21CEBE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BE21CE #CE2131 #31CE21 #21CEBE

Tints

Mixing #BE21CE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CB4DD8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2D3F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#BE21CE #CB4DD8 #D87AE2 #E5A6EB #F2D3F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BE21CE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #981AA5, keeps 80% of the original. By #260729, the mixture is 80% black.

#BE21CE #981AA5 #72147C #4C0D52 #260729 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BE21CE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B234BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C6D90, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BE21CE #B234BE #A547AF #995A9F #8C6D90 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BE21CE

RGB

rgb(190 33 206)

HSL

hsl(294.451 72.385% 46.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BE21CE;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BE21CE uses 190 red, 33 green and 206 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 12.9%

Blue 80.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BE21CE is 7.8% cyan, 84.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 19.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.8%

Magenta 84.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 19.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB22CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B2C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BE21CE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC33CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB22CC Nearest web-safe: #CC33CC

Gradient to complement

#BE21CE #A73EB1 #8F5B94 #787878 #60945B #49B13E #31CE21

Color vision previews

Compare how #BE21CE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#0066D2

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#4677CA

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C1487C

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7058D0

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7A64CC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BB39B6

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#717171

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#9E55A8

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.51492 G 0.01521 B 0.61721

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.68448 G 0.19575 B 0.78085

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.42620 G 0.03180 B 0.57188

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.301 y 0.151 Y 16.493

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.490 M % 87.059 Y % 19.216

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111110 00100001 11001110