#BE36B2#BE36B2

#BE36B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.217 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE36B2
RGB	rgb(190, 54, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 6.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 66.75, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 76.42, 330.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1912 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.217 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5903, 16.8023, 43.7429)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE36B2 #36BE42

analogous

#8636BE #BE36B2 #BE366E

triadic

#BE36B2 #B2BE36 #36B2BE

tetradic

#BE36B2 #BE8636 #36BE42 #366EBE

square

#BE36B2 #BE8636 #36BE42 #366EBE

split-complementary

#BE36B2 #6EBE36 #36BE86

monochromatic

#5F1B59 #8E2885 #BE36B2 #D260C8 #DF8FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BE36B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BE36B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE36B2

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE36B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE36B2	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D66B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6179AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be36b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 54, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.217 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ac9',
    500: '#be36b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be36b2;
$custom-light: #d57ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be36b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.294,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58039,
    "c": 0.21686,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE36B2

secondary

#86CA8C

accent

#DF5649

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE36B2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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