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#BE21F1 — Vivid Purple

#BE21F1 is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color DarkOrchid (#9932CC). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkorchid (#9932CC) — not an exact match. CSS darkorchid gives you #9932CC, a different color; use #BE21F1 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BE21F1 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #56F122; it also sits naturally between #5622F1 and #F122BD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BE21F1 · RGB 190, 33, 241

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Color values

HEX#BE21F1
RGB190, 33, 241
HSL285°, 88%, 54%
HSV285°, 86%, 95%
CMYK21%, 86%, 0%, 5%
XYZ37.66, 18.39, 84.78
Yxy18.39, 0.2674, 0.1306
CIE-Lab49.96, 82.92, -70.27
Hunter Lab42.88, 85.35, -93.00

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 13% · Blue 95%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 86% · Yellow 0% · Key 5%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BE21F1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BE21F1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BE21F1

.text { color: #BE21F1; }
.background { background-color: #BE21F1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BE21F1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 33, 241); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(285, 88%, 54%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BE21F1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 33, 241, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BE21F1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 33, 241, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BE21F1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BE21F1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BE21F1

#B40FEB#A20DD3#8F0CBB#7D0AA3#6A098B#580773#46065B#330443#21032B#0F0113

Tints of #BE21F1

#C336F2#C949F3#D061F5#D674F6#DB87F7#E19AF9#E7AEFA#EEC5FB#F4D9FD#F9ECFE

Tones of #BE21F1

#B632E2#AF40D4#A74FC4#A05DB6#986CA7#917A99

Color harmonies

Complementary — #56F122:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.49:1 AA large only
Against black text4.68:1 AA

Best text color on #BE21F1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BE21F1

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BE21F1: ·

How #BE21F1 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #7A79BFDeuteranopia · #838FB3Tritanopia · #B6978E

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BE21F1 rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Silent Aurora
#0F25B4 · #733ADD · #C424E6 · #E958BE
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Lucky Dusk
#200B0A · #C942FD · #2DBAFC · #B819FA
Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9
Crystal Lagoon
#5BE0E2 · #1D67E4 · #3917A7 · #C725E5

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BF27EB#C424E6#BF2EF0#B819FA#C52CF9#C725E5#C313FA#C72CE6#B331F1#B931FC#CC2FF8#BA33E4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BE21F0  ·  #BE21F2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BE21F1?

#BE21F1 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 190, 33, 241). Its closest standard named color is DarkOrchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BE21F1?

#BE21F1 is RGB 190, 33, 241 — HSL 285°, 88%, 54% — CMYK 21%, 86%, 0%, 5%.

What colors go with #BE21F1?

Its complement is #56F122; analogous partners are #5622F1 and #F122BD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BE21F1 for text?

Black text on #BE21F1 has a contrast ratio of 4.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.49:1.