#B537AF#B537AF

#B537AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.209 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537AF
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 175)
HSL	hsl(303, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 3.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 63.86, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 74.26, 329.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.1807 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.209 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1599, 15.6534, 42.0874)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537AF #37B53D

analogous

#7C37B5 #B537AF #B53770

triadic

#B537AF #AFB537 #37AFB5

tetradic

#B537AF #B57C37 #37B53D #3770B5

square

#B537AF #B57C37 #37B53D #3770B5

split-complementary

#B537AF #70B537 #37B57C

monochromatic

#571A54 #862982 #B537AF #CD5CC8 #DC8BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#B537AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B537AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537AF

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537AF	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A63B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B74AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC476F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.209 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c7',
    500: '#b537af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537af;
$custom-light: #cf79c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.857,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56632,
    "c": 0.20872,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537AF

secondary

#82C685

accent

#DD524B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537AF

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

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