#BE36C1#BE36C1

#BE36C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.228 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE36C1
RGB	rgb(190, 54, 193)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 72%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 69.14, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 82.34, 327.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1915 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.228 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1795, 17.4380, 52.1127)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE36C1 #39C136

analogous

#7836C1 #BE36C1 #C1367E

triadic

#BE36C1 #C1BE36 #36C1BE

tetradic

#BE36C1 #C17836 #39C136 #367EC1

square

#BE36C1 #C17836 #39C136 #367EC1

split-complementary

#BE36C1 #7EC136 #36C178

monochromatic

#601B61 #8F2991 #BE36C1 #D061D3 #DF91E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BE36C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BE36C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE36C1

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE36C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE36C1	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1669C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be36c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 54, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.228 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ad4',
    500: '#be36c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be36c1;
$custom-light: #d57ad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be36c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.705,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58869,
    "c": 0.22817,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE36C1

secondary

#89CB88

accent

#E0484C

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE36C1

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

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