#B537A2#B537A2

#B537A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.199 H 334.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537A2
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 162)
HSL	hsl(309, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 10.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 61.81, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 69.25, 333.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1797 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.199 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9441, 15.1671, 35.6839)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537A2 #37B54A

analogous

#8937B5 #B537A2 #B53763

triadic

#B537A2 #A2B537 #37A2B5

tetradic

#B537A2 #B58937 #37B54A #3763B5

square

#B537A2 #B58937 #37B54A #3763B5

split-complementary

#B537A2 #63B537 #37B589

monochromatic

#571A4E #862978 #B537A2 #CD5CBC #DC8BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B537A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B537A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537A2

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537A2	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3661A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61739F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.199 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79be',
    500: '#b537a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537a2;
$custom-light: #cf79be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.048,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55947,
    "c": 0.19896,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537A2

secondary

#82C68C

accent

#DD614B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537A2

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

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