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#BE22FA — Vivid Purple

#BE22FA 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 #BE22FA 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.

#BE22FA 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 #60FB23; it also sits naturally between #5223FB and #FB23CC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BE22FA · RGB 190, 34, 250

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Color values

HEX#BE22FA
RGB190, 34, 250
HSL283°, 96%, 56%
HSV283°, 86%, 98%
CMYK24%, 86%, 0%, 2%
XYZ39.06, 18.99, 92.05
Yxy18.99, 0.2602, 0.1265
CIE-Lab50.68, 84.33, -74.15
Hunter Lab43.58, 87.42, -100.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 13% · Blue 98%

Cyan 24% · Magenta 86% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BE22FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BE22FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BE22FA

.text { color: #BE22FA; }
.background { background-color: #BE22FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BE22FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 34, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 96%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BE22FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 34, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BE22FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 34, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BE22FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BE22FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BE22FA

#B60AFA#A605E6#9004C8#7E04AF#6C0396#5A037D#480264#330146#20012D#0E0014

Tints of #BE22FA

#C337FB#C94BFB#CF5FFC#D573FC#DB87FD#E19BFD#E7AFFD#EDC3FE#F3D7FE#F9EBFF

Tones of #BE22FA

#B733EB#B041DC#AA51CD#A361BD#9C71AD#967F9F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #60FB23:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.38:1 AA large only
Against black text4.80:1 AA

Best text color on #BE22FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BE22FA

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 #BE22FA: ·

How #BE22FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7A79C6Deuteranopia · #848FB9Tritanopia · #B69C93

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 #BE22FA rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BE22F9  ·  #BE22FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BE22FA?

#BE22FA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 190, 34, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BE22FA?

#BE22FA is RGB 190, 34, 250 — HSL 283°, 96%, 56% — CMYK 24%, 86%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #BE22FA?

Its complement is #60FB23; analogous partners are #5223FB and #FB23CC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BE22FA for text?

Black text on #BE22FA has a contrast ratio of 4.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.38:1.