#B537BE#B537BE

#B537BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.221 H 325.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537BE
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 66.36, -45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 80.40, 325.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1808 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.221 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7158, 16.2757, 50.2816)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537BE #40BE37

analogous

#7137BE #B537BE #BE3783

triadic

#B537BE #BEB537 #37BEB5

tetradic

#B537BE #BE7137 #40BE37 #3783BE

square

#B537BE #BE7137 #40BE37 #3783BE

split-complementary

#B537BE #83BE37 #37BE71

monochromatic

#5B1C5F #88298F #B537BE #CA61D1 #DA90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B537BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B537BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537BE

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537BE	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1066C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5276BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.221 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ad2',
    500: '#b537be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537be;
$custom-light: #cf7ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57483,
    "c": 0.22055,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537BE

secondary

#8BCA87

accent

#DE4953

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537BE

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

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