#BE36B3#BE36B3

#BE36B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.218 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE36B3
RGB	rgb(190, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 5.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 66.90, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 76.80, 330.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1913 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.218 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6911, 16.8426, 44.2736)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE36B3 #36BE41

analogous

#8536BE #BE36B3 #BE366F

triadic

#BE36B3 #B3BE36 #36B3BE

tetradic

#BE36B3 #BE8536 #36BE41 #366FBE

square

#BE36B3 #BE8536 #36BE41 #366FBE

split-complementary

#BE36B3 #6FBE36 #36BE85

monochromatic

#5F1B59 #8E2886 #BE36B3 #D260C8 #DF8FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BE36B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BE36B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE36B3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE36B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE36B3	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C66B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6079B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be36b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.218 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57aca',
    500: '#be36b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be36b3;
$custom-light: #d57aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be36b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.853,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58093,
    "c": 0.21759,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE36B3

secondary

#86CA8B

accent

#DF5549

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE36B3

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

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