#BE38C9#BE38C9

#BE38C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.232 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38C9
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 201)
HSL	hsl(295, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 72.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 69.82, -48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 84.87, 325.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.1895 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.232 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1912, 17.9946, 56.9721)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38C9 #43C938

analogous

#7538C9 #BE38C9 #C9388C

triadic

#BE38C9 #C9BE38 #38C9BE

tetradic

#BE38C9 #C97538 #43C938 #388CC9

square

#BE38C9 #C97538 #43C938 #388CC9

split-complementary

#BE38C9 #8CC938 #38C975

monochromatic

#641D6A #912A9A #BE38C9 #CE68D6 #DD98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BE38C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BE38C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE38C9

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE38C9	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#016BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2517E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.232 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57cda',
    500: '#be38c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38c9;
$custom-light: #d57cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.448,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59501,
    "c": 0.23229,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38C9

secondary

#93CF8E

accent

#E14753

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38C9

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

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