#B537A5#B537A5

#B537A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.201 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537A5
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 165)
HSL	hsl(308, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(308, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 8.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 62.27, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 70.37, 332.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.18 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.201 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2139, 15.2750, 37.1051)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537A5 #37B547

analogous

#8637B5 #B537A5 #B53766

triadic

#B537A5 #A5B537 #37A5B5

tetradic

#B537A5 #B58637 #37B547 #3766B5

square

#B537A5 #B58637 #37B547 #3766B5

split-complementary

#B537A5 #66B537 #37B586

monochromatic

#571A4F #86297A #B537A5 #CD5CBF #DC8BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#B537A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#B537A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537A5

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537A5	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3361A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6073A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD426A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.201 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c0',
    500: '#b537a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537a5;
$custom-light: #cf79c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.619,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56101,
    "c": 0.20117,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537A5

secondary

#82C68B

accent

#DD5E4B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537A5

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

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