Named color
#BE00FF Electric Purple
#BE00FF is a mid-tone, vivid purple, known as Electric Purple. In RGB it’s made of 74.5% red, 0% green, and 100% blue. Its hue is 285°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.
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Tints, shades & tones
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Color harmonies
Combinations from the color wheel, built around #BE00FF.
Split complementary
The two neighbors of the complement: contrast that’s easier to balance.
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Two complementary pairs: rich, best with one color in charge.
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WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.
White text on this color
4.53:1 AABlack text on this color
4.63:1 AAThis color as text on white
4.53:1 AAThis color as text on black
4.63:1 AAHow it looks with color blindness
About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #BE00FF as they’d see it.
#BE00FF in use
A headline in this color
Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.
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Questions about #BE00FF
What color is #BE00FF?
#BE00FF is a mid-tone, vivid purple, known as Electric Purple. In RGB it’s made of 74.5% red, 0% green, and 100% blue. Its hue is 285°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.
What is #BE00FF in RGB?
#BE00FF is rgb(190, 0, 255): 190 red, 0 green, and 255 blue on a 0–255 scale.
What is #BE00FF in CMYK?
Roughly cmyk(25, 100, 0, 0). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.
What Pantone is closest to #BE00FF?
PANTONE 2592 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.
What color goes with #BE00FF?
Its complement #238906 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.