#BE38C2#BE38C2

#BE38C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.227 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38C2
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(298, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(298, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 68.64, -44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 81.98, 326.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.1896 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.227 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3864, 17.6728, 52.7339)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38C2 #3CC238

analogous

#7938C2 #BE38C2 #C23881

triadic

#BE38C2 #C2BE38 #38C2BE

tetradic

#BE38C2 #C27938 #3CC238 #3881C2

square

#BE38C2 #C27938 #3CC238 #3881C2

split-complementary

#BE38C2 #81C238 #38C279

monochromatic

#611D63 #8F2A93 #BE38C2 #CF65D2 #DE94E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BE38C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BE38C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38C2

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38C2	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#196AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.227 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd5',
    500: '#be38c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38c2;
$custom-light: #d57bd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.261,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59094,
    "c": 0.22679,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38C2

secondary

#8CCB8A

accent

#DF494E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38C2

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