#BE36BE#BE36BE

#BE36BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.226 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE36BE
RGB	rgb(190, 54, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 68.65, -43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 81.13, 327.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1915 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.226 328)
XYZ	xyz(31.8482, 17.3055, 50.3681)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE36BE #36BE36

analogous

#7A36BE #BE36BE #BE367A

triadic

#BE36BE #BEBE36 #36BEBE

tetradic

#BE36BE #BE7A36 #36BE36 #367ABE

square

#BE36BE #BE7A36 #36BE36 #367ABE

split-complementary

#BE36BE #7ABE36 #36BE7A

monochromatic

#5F1B5F #8E288E #BE36BE #D260D2 #DF8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BE36BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BE36BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE36BE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE36BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE36BE	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C68C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be36be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 54, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.226 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ad2',
    500: '#be36be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be36be;
$custom-light: #d57ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be36be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58698,
    "c": 0.22587,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.17303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE36BE

secondary

#86CA86

accent

#DF4949

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE36BE

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

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