#B537A7#B537A7

#B537A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.203 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537A7
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 167)
HSL	hsl(307, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 7.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 62.58, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 71.14, 331.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1802 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.203 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3974, 15.3484, 38.0713)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537A7 #37B545

analogous

#8437B5 #B537A7 #B53768

triadic

#B537A7 #A7B537 #37A7B5

tetradic

#B537A7 #B58437 #37B545 #3768B5

square

#B537A7 #B58437 #37B545 #3768B5

split-complementary

#B537A7 #68B537 #37B584

monochromatic

#571A50 #86297C #B537A7 #CD5CC1 #DC8BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#B537A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B537A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537A7

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537A7	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3262AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F74A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD436B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.203 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c1',
    500: '#b537a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537a7;
$custom-light: #cf79c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56205,
    "c": 0.20265,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537A7

secondary

#82C689

accent

#DD5B4B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537A7

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

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