#B536B4#B536B4

#B536B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.214 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B536B4
RGB	rgb(181, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 0.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 65.03, -40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 76.67, 328.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1818 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.214 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6131, 15.7594, 44.7060)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B536B4 #36B537

analogous

#7636B5 #B536B4 #B53674

triadic

#B536B4 #B4B536 #36B4B5

tetradic

#B536B4 #B57636 #36B537 #3674B5

square

#B536B4 #B57636 #36B537 #3674B5

split-complementary

#B536B4 #74B536 #36B576

monochromatic

#571A56 #862885 #B536B4 #CE5ACD #DC89DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B536B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B536B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B536B4

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B536B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B536B4	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2264B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5874B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b536b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.214 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79cb',
    500: '#b536b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b536b4;
$custom-light: #cf79cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b536b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.472,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56819,
    "c": 0.21375,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B536B4

secondary

#81C681

accent

#DD4C4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B536B4

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

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