#BE38BD#BE38BD

#BE38BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.223 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38BD
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 67.82, -42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 79.96, 328.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.1896 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.223 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8343, 17.4519, 49.8261)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38BD #38BE39

analogous

#7C38BE #BE38BD #BE387A

triadic

#BE38BD #BDBE38 #38BDBE

tetradic

#BE38BD #BE7C38 #38BE39 #387ABE

square

#BE38BD #BE7C38 #38BE39 #387ABE

split-complementary

#BE38BD #7ABE38 #38BE7C

monochromatic

#5F1C5F #8F2A8E #BE38BD #D162D0 #DF92DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BE38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BE38BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38BD

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38BD	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2269C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.223 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd1',
    500: '#be38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38bd;
$custom-light: #d57bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.448,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58811,
    "c": 0.22292,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38BD

secondary

#88CA89

accent

#DE4B4A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38BD

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

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