#BE38B0#BE38B0

#BE38B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.213 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38B0
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 176)
HSL	hsl(306, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 7.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 65.75, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 74.88, 331.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1891 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.213 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4859, 16.9126, 42.7247)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38B0 #38BE46

analogous

#8938BE #BE38B0 #BE386D

triadic

#BE38B0 #B0BE38 #38B0BE

tetradic

#BE38B0 #BE8938 #38BE46 #386DBE

square

#BE38B0 #BE8938 #38BE46 #386DBE

split-complementary

#BE38B0 #6DBE38 #38BE89

monochromatic

#5F1C58 #8F2A84 #BE38B0 #D162C5 #DF92D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BE38B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BE38B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38B0

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38B0	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3166B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6379AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.213 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bc8',
    500: '#be38b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38b0;
$custom-light: #d57bc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.269,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58107,
    "c": 0.21312,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38B0

secondary

#88CA8F

accent

#DE594A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38B0

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

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