#BE36C4#BE36C4

#BE36C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.230 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE36C4
RGB	rgb(190, 54, 196)
HSL	hsl(297, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 69.64, -46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 83.56, 326.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.1915 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.23 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5175, 17.5732, 53.8931)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE36C4 #3CC436

analogous

#7736C4 #BE36C4 #C43683

triadic

#BE36C4 #C4BE36 #36C4BE

tetradic

#BE36C4 #C47736 #3CC436 #3683C4

square

#BE36C4 #C47736 #3CC436 #3683C4

split-complementary

#BE36C4 #83C436 #36C477

monochromatic

#611C64 #8F2994 #BE36C4 #CF63D4 #DE93E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BE36C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BE36C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE36C4

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE36C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE36C4	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D6AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be36c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 54, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.230 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd6',
    500: '#be36c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be36c4;
$custom-light: #d57bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be36c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.465,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59042,
    "c": 0.23049,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE36C4

secondary

#8CCC89

accent

#E0484E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE36C4

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

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