#BE38B6#BE38B6

#BE38B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.218 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38B6
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 4.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 66.69, -38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 77.19, 329.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1894 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.218 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0928, 17.1553, 45.9206)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38B6 #38BE40

analogous

#8338BE #BE38B6 #BE3873

triadic

#BE38B6 #B6BE38 #38B6BE

tetradic

#BE38B6 #BE8338 #38BE40 #3873BE

square

#BE38B6 #BE8338 #38BE40 #3873BE

split-complementary

#BE38B6 #73BE38 #38BE83

monochromatic

#5F1C5B #8F2A89 #BE38B6 #D162CA #DF92DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BE38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BE38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38B6

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38B6	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B67BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.218 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bcc',
    500: '#be38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38b6;
$custom-light: #d57bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.582,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58426,
    "c": 0.21759,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38B6

secondary

#88CA8C

accent

#DE534A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38B6

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

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