#BE38C5#BE38C5

#BE38C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.229 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38C5
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 69.14, -46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 83.21, 326.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1896 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.229 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7267, 17.8089, 54.5262)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38C5 #3FC538

analogous

#7738C5 #BE38C5 #C53886

triadic

#BE38C5 #C5BE38 #38C5BE

tetradic

#BE38C5 #C57738 #3FC538 #3886C5

square

#BE38C5 #C57738 #3FC538 #3886C5

split-complementary

#BE38C5 #86C538 #38C577

monochromatic

#621D66 #902A95 #BE38C5 #CE67D4 #DD96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BE38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BE38C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE38C5

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE38C5	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#116AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.229 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57bd7',
    500: '#be38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38c5;
$custom-light: #d57bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.021,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59267,
    "c": 0.22914,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38C5

secondary

#8FCD8C

accent

#DF4950

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38C5

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