#B537B0#B537B0

#B537B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.209 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537B0
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 176)
HSL	hsl(302, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 2.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 64.02, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 74.66, 329.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1807 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.209 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2585, 15.6928, 42.6065)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537B0 #37B53C

analogous

#7B37B5 #B537B0 #B53771

triadic

#B537B0 #B0B537 #37B0B5

tetradic

#B537B0 #B57B37 #37B53C #3771B5

square

#B537B0 #B57B37 #37B53C #3771B5

split-complementary

#B537B0 #71B537 #37B57B

monochromatic

#571A55 #862982 #B537B0 #CD5CC9 #DC8BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#B537B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#B537B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537B0

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537B0	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2863B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B74AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.209 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c8',
    500: '#b537b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537b0;
$custom-light: #cf79c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.381,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56687,
    "c": 0.20949,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537B0

secondary

#82C685

accent

#DD514B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537B0

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

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