#B537C3#B537C3

#B537C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.225 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537C3
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 67.23, -47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 82.51, 324.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1807 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.225 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2717, 16.4981, 53.2092)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537C3 #45C337

analogous

#6F37C3 #B537C3 #C3378B

triadic

#B537C3 #C3B537 #37C3B5

tetradic

#B537C3 #C36F37 #45C337 #378BC3

square

#B537C3 #C36F37 #45C337 #378BC3

split-complementary

#B537C3 #8BC337 #37C36F

monochromatic

#5C1C64 #892A93 #B537C3 #C864D3 #D994E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B537C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B537C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537C3

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537C3	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F76C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8507A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.225 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ad6',
    500: '#b537c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537c3;
$custom-light: #cf7ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57781,
    "c": 0.22459,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537C3

secondary

#91CC8A

accent

#DF4958

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537C3

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

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