#BE38DE#BE38DE

#BE38DE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.249 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE38DE
RGB	rgb(190, 56, 222)
HSL	hsl(288, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(288, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 74.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 73.50, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 93.79, 321.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.188 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.249 319)
XYZ	xyz(35.8324, 19.0512, 70.8829)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE38DE #58DE38

analogous

#6B38DE #BE38DE #DE38AB

triadic

#BE38DE #DEBE38 #38DEBE

tetradic

#BE38DE #DE6B38 #58DE38 #38ABDE

square

#BE38DE #DE6B38 #58DE38 #38ABDE

split-complementary

#BE38DE #ABDE38 #38DE6B

monochromatic

#701685 #9C1FBA #BE38DE #CF6CE7 #E0A1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BE38DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BE38DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE38DE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE38DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE38DE	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be38de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 56, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.249 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67ce9',
    500: '#be38de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be38de;
$custom-light: #d67ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be38de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.434,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60798,
    "c": 0.24921,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.19049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE38DE

secondary

#A3DC96

accent

#EE3A5C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE38DE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →