#BE38BE#BE38BE

#BE38BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.224 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38BE
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 67.98, -42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 80.36, 327.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1896 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.224 328)
XYZ	xyz(31.9432, 17.4955, 50.3997)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38BE #38BE38

analogous

#7B38BE #BE38BE #BE387B

triadic

#BE38BE #BEBE38 #38BEBE

tetradic

#BE38BE #BE7B38 #38BE38 #387BBE

square

#BE38BE #BE7B38 #38BE38 #387BBE

split-complementary

#BE38BE #7BBE38 #38BE7B

monochromatic

#5F1C5F #8F2A8F #BE38BE #D162D1 #DF92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BE38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BE38BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38BE

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38BE	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2069C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.224 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd2',
    500: '#be38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38be;
$custom-light: #d57bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58867,
    "c": 0.22369,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.17493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38BE

secondary

#88CA88

accent

#DE4A4A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38BE

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

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