#BE38B3#BE38B3

#BE38B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.215 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38B3
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 5.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 66.22, -37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 76.02, 330.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1893 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.215 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7861, 17.0326, 44.3053)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38B3 #38BE43

analogous

#8638BE #BE38B3 #BE3870

triadic

#BE38B3 #B3BE38 #38B3BE

tetradic

#BE38B3 #BE8638 #38BE43 #3870BE

square

#BE38B3 #BE8638 #38BE43 #3870BE

split-complementary

#BE38B3 #70BE38 #38BE86

monochromatic

#5F1C5A #8F2A86 #BE38B3 #D162C8 #DF92D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BE38B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BE38B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38B3

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38B3	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E67B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6179B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.215 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bca',
    500: '#be38b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38b3;
$custom-light: #d57bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.925,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58265,
    "c": 0.21535,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38B3

secondary

#88CA8D

accent

#DE564A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38B3

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

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