#BE38AE#BE38AE

#BE38AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.212 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38AE
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(307, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 65.45, -34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 74.12, 332.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.189 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.212 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2895, 16.8340, 41.6902)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38AE #38BE48

analogous

#8B38BE #BE38AE #BE386B

triadic

#BE38AE #AEBE38 #38AEBE

tetradic

#BE38AE #BE8B38 #38BE48 #386BBE

square

#BE38AE #BE8B38 #38BE48 #386BBE

split-complementary

#BE38AE #6BBE38 #38BE8B

monochromatic

#5F1C57 #8F2A83 #BE38AE #D162C4 #DF92D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BE38AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BE38AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38AE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38AE	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3366B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6479AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6456F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.212 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bc6',
    500: '#be38ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38ae;
$custom-light: #d57bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.164,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58003,
    "c": 0.21166,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38AE

secondary

#88CA90

accent

#DE5C4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38AE

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

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