#B537AD#B537AD

#B537AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.207 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537AD
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 173)
HSL	hsl(304, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 4.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 63.53, -36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 73.47, 329.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1806 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.207 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9650, 15.5754, 41.0605)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537AD #37B53F

analogous

#7E37B5 #B537AD #B5376E

triadic

#B537AD #ADB537 #37ADB5

tetradic

#B537AD #B57E37 #37B53F #376EB5

square

#B537AD #B57E37 #37B53F #376EB5

split-complementary

#B537AD #6EB537 #37B57E

monochromatic

#571A53 #862980 #B537AD #CD5CC6 #DC8BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B537AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B537AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537AD

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537AD	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C63B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C74AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC466E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.207 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c6',
    500: '#b537ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537ad;
$custom-light: #cf79c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.81,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56523,
    "c": 0.20719,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537AD

secondary

#82C686

accent

#DD544B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537AD

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

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