#BE38B7#BE38B7

#BE38B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.218 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38B7
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(303, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 3.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 66.85, -39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 77.58, 329.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1895 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.218 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1965, 17.1968, 46.4668)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38B7 #38BE3F

analogous

#8238BE #BE38B7 #BE3874

triadic

#BE38B7 #B7BE38 #38B7BE

tetradic

#BE38B7 #BE8238 #38BE3F #3874BE

square

#BE38B7 #BE8238 #38BE3F #3874BE

split-complementary

#BE38B7 #74BE38 #38BE82

monochromatic

#5F1C5C #8F2A89 #BE38B7 #D162CB #DF92DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BE38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BE38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38B7

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38B7	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A68BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.218 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bcd',
    500: '#be38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38b7;
$custom-light: #d57bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.134,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5848,
    "c": 0.21834,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38B7

secondary

#88CA8B

accent

#DE524A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38B7

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

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