#BE38D4#BE38D4

#BE38D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.241 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38D4
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(292, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(292, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 71.72, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 89.50, 323.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.1889 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.241 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5317, 18.5309, 64.0325)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38D4 #4ED438

analogous

#7038D4 #BE38D4 #D4389C

triadic

#BE38D4 #D4BE38 #38D4BE

tetradic

#BE38D4 #D47038 #4ED438 #389CD4

square

#BE38D4 #D47038 #4ED438 #389CD4

split-complementary

#BE38D4 #9CD438 #38D470

monochromatic

#6A1A78 #9725AA #BE38D4 #CE6ADF #DF9DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BE38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BE38D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE38D4

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE38D4	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.241 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67ce2',
    500: '#be38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38d4;
$custom-light: #d67ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.538,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60167,
    "c": 0.24108,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38D4

secondary

#9CD692

accent

#E74058

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38D4

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

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