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#BE21FC — Vivid Purple

#BE21FC is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blueviolet (#8A2BE2) — not an exact match. CSS blueviolet gives you #8A2BE2, a different color; use #BE21FC 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.

#BE21FC 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 #60FC22; it also sits naturally between #5122FC and #FC22CC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BE21FC · RGB 190, 33, 252

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Color values

HEX#BE21FC
RGB190, 33, 252
HSL283°, 97%, 56%
HSV283°, 87%, 99%
CMYK25%, 87%, 0%, 1%
XYZ39.35, 19.06, 93.70
Yxy19.06, 0.2587, 0.1253
CIE-Lab50.76, 84.89, -75.13
Hunter Lab43.66, 88.18, -102.86

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 13% · Blue 99%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 87% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BE21FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BE21FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BE21FC

.text { color: #BE21FC; }
.background { background-color: #BE21FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BE21FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 33, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 97%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BE21FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 33, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BE21FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 33, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BE21FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BE21FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BE21FC

#B709FB#A704E7#9103C9#7F03B0#6D0297#5B027E#480264#330146#21012D#0E0014

Tints of #BE21FC

#C436FC#CA4AFC#D05EFD#D672FD#DC86FD#E19BFD#E7AFFE#EDC3FE#F3D7FE#F9EBFF

Tones of #BE21FC

#B732EC#B041DC#AA51CD#A360BE#9C6FAE#967F9F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #60FC22:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.36:1 AA large only
Against black text4.81:1 AA

Best text color on #BE21FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BE21FC

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 #BE21FC: ·

How #BE21FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7A79C7Deuteranopia · #838FBATritanopia · #B69D94

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 #BE21FC rather than the exact color:

Lucky Dusk
#200B0A · #C942FD · #2DBAFC · #B819FA
Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9
Tranquil Twilight
#25090E · #D7FE3D · #C313FA · #5384F9
Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6

Similar colors

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

#B819FA#C52CF9#C313FA#B931FC#BF2EF0#BF27EB#CC2FF8#B331F1#A823F8#C424E6#B235FC#C725E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BE21FB  ·  #BE21FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BE21FC?

#BE21FC is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 190, 33, 252). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BE21FC?

#BE21FC is RGB 190, 33, 252 — HSL 283°, 97%, 56% — CMYK 25%, 87%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BE21FC?

Its complement is #60FC22; analogous partners are #5122FC and #FC22CC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BE21FC for text?

Black text on #BE21FC has a contrast ratio of 4.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.36:1.