#BE38B8#BE38B8

#BE38B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.219 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38B8
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(303, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 3.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 67.01, -39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 77.97, 329.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.1895 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.219 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3009, 17.2386, 47.0169)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38B8 #38BE3E

analogous

#8138BE #BE38B8 #BE3875

triadic

#BE38B8 #B8BE38 #38B8BE

tetradic

#BE38B8 #BE8138 #38BE3E #3875BE

square

#BE38B8 #BE8138 #38BE3E #3875BE

split-complementary

#BE38B8 #75BE38 #38BE81

monochromatic

#5F1C5C #8F2A8A #BE38B8 #D162CC #DF92DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BE38B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BE38B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38B8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38B8	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2968BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.219 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bce',
    500: '#be38b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38b8;
$custom-light: #d57bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.687,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58535,
    "c": 0.21911,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38B8

secondary

#88CA8B

accent

#DE514A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38B8

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

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