#BE36C3#BE36C3

#BE36C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.230 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE36C3
RGB	rgb(190, 54, 195)
HSL	hsl(298, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 72.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, 69.47, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 83.15, 326.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1915 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.23 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4041, 17.5278, 53.2956)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE36C3 #3BC336

analogous

#7836C3 #BE36C3 #C33682

triadic

#BE36C3 #C3BE36 #36C3BE

tetradic

#BE36C3 #C37836 #3BC336 #3682C3

square

#BE36C3 #C37836 #3BC336 #3682C3

split-complementary

#BE36C3 #82C336 #36C378

monochromatic

#611B63 #8F2993 #BE36C3 #D063D4 #DE92E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BE36C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BE36C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE36C3

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE36C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE36C3	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1169C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be36c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 54, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.230 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd6',
    500: '#be36c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be36c3;
$custom-light: #d57bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be36c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.872,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58984,
    "c": 0.22971,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE36C3

secondary

#8BCC89

accent

#E0484D

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE36C3

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

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