#BE36B5#BE36B5

#BE36B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.219 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE36B5
RGB	rgb(190, 54, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 67.21, -38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 77.57, 330.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.1913 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.219 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8948, 16.9241, 45.3466)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE36B5 #36BE3F

analogous

#8336BE #BE36B5 #BE3671

triadic

#BE36B5 #B5BE36 #36B5BE

tetradic

#BE36B5 #BE8336 #36BE3F #3671BE

square

#BE36B5 #BE8336 #36BE3F #3671BE

split-complementary

#BE36B5 #71BE36 #36BE83

monochromatic

#5F1B5A #8E2888 #BE36B5 #D260CA #DF8FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BE36B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BE36B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE36B5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE36B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE36B5	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2966B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F79B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be36b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 54, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.219 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57acb',
    500: '#be36b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be36b5;
$custom-light: #d57acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be36b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.971,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.582,
    "c": 0.21908,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE36B5

secondary

#86CA8A

accent

#DF5349

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE36B5

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

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