#B537B9#B537B9

#B537B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.217 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537B9
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 185)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 70.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, 65.51, -42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 78.32, 326.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1809 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.217 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1787, 16.0609, 47.4527)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537B9 #3BB937

analogous

#7437B9 #B537B9 #B9377C

triadic

#B537B9 #B9B537 #37B9B5

tetradic

#B537B9 #B97437 #3BB937 #377CB9

square

#B537B9 #B97437 #3BB937 #377CB9

split-complementary

#B537B9 #7CB937 #37B974

monochromatic

#591B5B #87298A #B537B9 #CC5ECF #DB8DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B537B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B537B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537B9

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537B9	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B65BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5675B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.217 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79ce',
    500: '#b537b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537b9;
$custom-light: #cf79ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.154,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57192,
    "c": 0.21655,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537B9

secondary

#86C884

accent

#DE4A4F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537B9

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

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