#B537A6#B537A6

#B537A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.202 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537A6
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 166)
HSL	hsl(307, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 8.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 62.43, -33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 70.75, 331.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1801 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.202 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3053, 15.3115, 37.5863)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537A6 #37B546

analogous

#8537B5 #B537A6 #B53767

triadic

#B537A6 #A6B537 #37A6B5

tetradic

#B537A6 #B58537 #37B546 #3767B5

square

#B537A6 #B58537 #37B546 #3767B5

split-complementary

#B537A6 #67B537 #37B585

monochromatic

#571A50 #86297B #B537A6 #CD5CC0 #DC8BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#B537A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#B537A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537A6

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537A6	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3261A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F74A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD436A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.202 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c1',
    500: '#b537a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537a6;
$custom-light: #cf79c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.143,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56153,
    "c": 0.2019,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537A6

secondary

#82C68A

accent

#DD5C4B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537A6

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

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