#B537BD#B537BD

#B537BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.220 H 325.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537BD
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 66.19, -44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 79.98, 325.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1808 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.22 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6069, 16.2322, 49.7079)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537BD #3FBD37

analogous

#7237BD #B537BD #BD3782

triadic

#B537BD #BDB537 #37BDB5

tetradic

#B537BD #BD7237 #3FBD37 #3782BD

square

#B537BD #BD7237 #3FBD37 #3782BD

split-complementary

#B537BD #82BD37 #37BD72

monochromatic

#5A1B5E #88298E #B537BD #CA60D1 #DA90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B537BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B537BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537BD

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537BD	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1366C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5375BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.220 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ad1',
    500: '#b537bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537bd;
$custom-light: #cf7ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.418,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57424,
    "c": 0.21975,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537BD

secondary

#8AC986

accent

#DE4A52

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537BD

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

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