#BE38B5#BE38B5

#BE38B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.217 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38B5
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 66.53, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 76.80, 330.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.1894 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.217 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9898, 17.1141, 45.3783)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38B5 #38BE41

analogous

#8438BE #BE38B5 #BE3872

triadic

#BE38B5 #B5BE38 #38B5BE

tetradic

#BE38B5 #BE8438 #38BE41 #3872BE

square

#BE38B5 #BE8438 #38BE41 #3872BE

split-complementary

#BE38B5 #72BE38 #38BE84

monochromatic

#5F1C5B #8F2A88 #BE38B5 #D162C9 #DF92DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BE38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BE38B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38B5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38B5	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C67B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6079B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.217 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bcb',
    500: '#be38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38b5;
$custom-light: #d57bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.03,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58372,
    "c": 0.21684,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38B5

secondary

#88CA8C

accent

#DE544A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38B5

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

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