#BE38DB#BE38DB

#BE38DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.247 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38DB
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 219)
HSL	hsl(289, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 72.96, -56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 92.49, 322.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.1883 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.247 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4339, 18.8918, 68.7841)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38DB #55DB38

analogous

#6D38DB #BE38DB #DB38A7

triadic

#BE38DB #DBBE38 #38DBBE

tetradic

#BE38DB #DB6D38 #55DB38 #38A7DB

square

#BE38DB #DB6D38 #55DB38 #38A7DB

split-complementary

#BE38DB #A7DB38 #38DB6D

monochromatic

#6E1781 #9B21B5 #BE38DB #CF6CE4 #E0A0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BE38DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BE38DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE38DB

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE38DB	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.247 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67ce7',
    500: '#be38db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38db;
$custom-light: #d67ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.325,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60606,
    "c": 0.24676,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38DB

secondary

#A1DA95

accent

#EC3C5B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38DB

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

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