#B537B2#B537B2

#B537B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.211 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537B2
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 178)
HSL	hsl(301, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 64.35, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 75.46, 328.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1808 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.211 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4579, 15.7726, 43.6564)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537B2 #37B53A

analogous

#7937B5 #B537B2 #B53773

triadic

#B537B2 #B2B537 #37B2B5

tetradic

#B537B2 #B57937 #37B53A #3773B5

square

#B537B2 #B57937 #37B53A #3773B5

split-complementary

#B537B2 #73B537 #37B579

monochromatic

#571A56 #862984 #B537B2 #CD5CCB #DC8BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B537B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B537B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537B2

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537B2	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2664B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A74AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.211 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c9',
    500: '#b537b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537b2;
$custom-light: #cf79c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.429,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56797,
    "c": 0.21105,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537B2

secondary

#82C683

accent

#DD4E4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537B2

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

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