#B537AA#B537AA

#B537AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.205 H 331.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537AA
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 170)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.26, 63.06, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.26, 72.29, 330.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1804 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.205 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6779, 15.4606, 39.5489)
Luminance	0.1546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537AA #37B542

analogous

#8137B5 #B537AA #B5376B

triadic

#B537AA #AAB537 #37AAB5

tetradic

#B537AA #B58137 #37B542 #376BB5

square

#B537AA #B58137 #37B542 #376BB5

split-complementary

#B537AA #6BB537 #37B581

monochromatic

#571A52 #86297E #B537AA #CD5CC3 #DC8BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#B537AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B537AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537AA

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537AA	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F62AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E74A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC456C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.205 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c3',
    500: '#b537aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537aa;
$custom-light: #cf79c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.238,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56363,
    "c": 0.2049,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537AA

secondary

#82C688

accent

#DD584B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537AA

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

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