#B537B8#B537B8

#B537B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.216 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537B8
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(299, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 65.34, -42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 77.91, 327.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1809 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.216 327)
XYZ	xyz(29.0735, 16.0188, 46.8987)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537B8 #3AB837

analogous

#7537B8 #B537B8 #B8377A

triadic

#B537B8 #B8B537 #37B8B5

tetradic

#B537B8 #B87537 #3AB837 #377AB8

square

#B537B8 #B87537 #3AB837 #377AB8

split-complementary

#B537B8 #7AB837 #37B875

monochromatic

#581B5A #872989 #B537B8 #CC5DCF #DB8DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B537B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B537B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537B8

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537B8	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D65BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5675B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.216 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79ce',
    500: '#b537b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537b8;
$custom-light: #cf79ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.605,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57135,
    "c": 0.21576,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.16017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537B8

secondary

#85C784

accent

#DD4A4E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537B8

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

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