#BE38BB#BE38BB

#BE38BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.221 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38BB
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(301, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 67.49, -41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 79.16, 328.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1896 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.221 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6187, 17.3657, 48.6906)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38BB #38BE3B

analogous

#7E38BE #BE38BB #BE3878

triadic

#BE38BB #BBBE38 #38BBBE

tetradic

#BE38BB #BE7E38 #38BE3B #3878BE

square

#BE38BB #BE7E38 #38BE3B #3878BE

split-complementary

#BE38BB #78BE38 #38BE7E

monochromatic

#5F1C5E #8F2A8C #BE38BB #D162CE #DF92DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BE38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BE38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38BB

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38BB	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2568BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.221 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd0',
    500: '#be38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38bb;
$custom-light: #d57bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.343,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.587,
    "c": 0.22139,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38BB

secondary

#88CA8A

accent

#DE4D4A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38BB

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

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