#BE38C4#BE38C4

#BE38C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.228 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BE38C4
RGBrgb(190, 56, 196)
HSLhsl(297, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(297, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(3.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(49.21, 68.97, -45.81)
CIE-LCHlch(49.21, 82.80, 326.41°)
OKLaboklab(59.21% 0.1896 -0.1273)
OKLCHoklch(59.21% 0.228 326.1)
XYZxyz(32.6125, 17.7632, 53.9248)
Luminance0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BE38C4 #3EC438
analogous
#7838C4 #BE38C4 #C43884
triadic
#BE38C4 #C4BE38 #38C4BE
tetradic
#BE38C4 #C47838 #3EC438 #3884C4
square
#BE38C4 #C47838 #3EC438 #3884C4
split-complementary
#BE38C4 #84C438 #38C478
monochromatic
#621D65 #902A94 #BE38C4 #CF66D3 #DE96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61
#BE38C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55
#BE38C4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38C4
4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BE38C4#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BE38C41.004.614.554.61
#FFFFFF4.611.0021.001.00
#0000004.5521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.611.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#146AC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#587BC1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C34F7B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #be38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.228 326.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd6',
    500: '#be38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #be38c4;
$custom-light: #d57bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#be38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59209,
    "c": 0.22835,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BE38C4
secondary
#8ECC8C
accent
#DF494F
background
#FDF8FD
surface
#FBEFFA
border
#D4CAD3
text
#150A14
muted
#837C83

Preview Lab

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#BE38C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva