#BE37BE#BE37BE

#BE37BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.225 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE37BE
RGB	rgb(190, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 68.32, -43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 80.75, 327.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1906 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.225 328)
XYZ	xyz(31.8953, 17.3995, 50.3837)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE37BE #37BE37

analogous

#7A37BE #BE37BE #BE377A

triadic

#BE37BE #BEBE37 #37BEBE

tetradic

#BE37BE #BE7A37 #37BE37 #377ABE

square

#BE37BE #BE7A37 #37BE37 #377ABE

split-complementary

#BE37BE #7ABE37 #37BE7A

monochromatic

#5F1C5F #8F298F #BE37BE #D161D1 #DF90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BE37BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BE37BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE37BE

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE37BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE37BE	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E69C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be37be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.225 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd2',
    500: '#be37be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be37be;
$custom-light: #d57bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be37be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58782,
    "c": 0.22479,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.17397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE37BE

secondary

#87CA87

accent

#DE4949

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE37BE

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

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