#B535A5#B535A5

#B535A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.204 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B535A5
RGB	rgb(181, 53, 165)
HSL	hsl(308, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 8.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 62.99, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 71.19, 332.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1821 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.204 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1209, 15.0888, 37.0741)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B535A5 #35B545

analogous

#8535B5 #B535A5 #B53565

triadic

#B535A5 #A5B535 #35A5B5

tetradic

#B535A5 #B58535 #35B545 #3565B5

square

#B535A5 #B58535 #35B545 #3565B5

split-complementary

#B535A5 #65B535 #35B585

monochromatic

#56194F #86277A #B535A5 #CE59C0 #DC88D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#B535A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B535A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B535A5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B535A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B535A5	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3160A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F73A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b535a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 53, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.204 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf78c0',
    500: '#b535a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b535a5;
$custom-light: #cf78c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b535a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55918,
    "c": 0.20354,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B535A5

secondary

#80C688

accent

#DE5C4A

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B535A5

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

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