#B437B5#B437B5

#B437B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.213 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B437B5
RGB	rgb(180, 55, 181)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 69.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 64.62, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 76.63, 327.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1798 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.213 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5287, 15.7739, 45.2492)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B437B5 #38B537

analogous

#7537B5 #B437B5 #B53777

triadic

#B437B5 #B5B437 #37B5B4

tetradic

#B437B5 #B57537 #38B537 #3777B5

square

#B437B5 #B57537 #38B537 #3777B5

split-complementary

#B437B5 #77B537 #37B575

monochromatic

#571A57 #852986 #B437B5 #CD5CCD #DB8BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B437B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B437B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B437B5

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B437B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B437B5	1.00	5.05	4.15	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2164B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5774B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b437b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 55, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.213 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce79cc',
    500: '#b437b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b437b5;
$custom-light: #ce79cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b437b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.524,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56819,
    "c": 0.21289,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B437B5

secondary

#82C682

accent

#DD4B4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B437B5

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

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