#BE37B3#BE37B3

#BE37B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.216 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE37B3
RGB	rgb(190, 55, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 5.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 66.56, -37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 76.42, 330.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1903 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.216 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7381, 16.9366, 44.2893)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE37B3 #37BE42

analogous

#8537BE #BE37B3 #BE376F

triadic

#BE37B3 #B3BE37 #37B3BE

tetradic

#BE37B3 #BE8537 #37BE42 #376FBE

square

#BE37B3 #BE8537 #37BE42 #376FBE

split-complementary

#BE37B3 #6FBE37 #37BE85

monochromatic

#5F1C5A #8F2986 #BE37B3 #D161C8 #DF90D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BE37B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BE37B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE37B3

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE37B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE37B3	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D66B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6179B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be37b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 55, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.216 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57aca',
    500: '#be37b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be37b3;
$custom-light: #d57aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be37b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58178,
    "c": 0.21648,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE37B3

secondary

#87CA8C

accent

#DE5649

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE37B3

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

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