#BE38B1#BE38B1

#BE38B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.214 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38B1
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 177)
HSL	hsl(306, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 6.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 65.91, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 75.26, 331.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1892 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.214 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5853, 16.9523, 43.2477)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38B1 #38BE45

analogous

#8838BE #BE38B1 #BE386E

triadic

#BE38B1 #B1BE38 #38B1BE

tetradic

#BE38B1 #BE8838 #38BE45 #386EBE

square

#BE38B1 #BE8838 #38BE45 #386EBE

split-complementary

#BE38B1 #6EBE38 #38BE88

monochromatic

#5F1C59 #8F2A85 #BE38B1 #D162C6 #DF92D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BE38B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BE38B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38B1

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38B1	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3066B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6279AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.214 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bc9',
    500: '#be38b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38b1;
$custom-light: #d57bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.821,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5816,
    "c": 0.21386,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38B1

secondary

#88CA8E

accent

#DE584A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38B1

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

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