#B537C6#B537C6

#B537C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.227 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537C6
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 67.75, -49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 83.79, 323.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1805 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.227 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6143, 16.6351, 55.0135)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537C6 #48C637

analogous

#6D37C6 #B537C6 #C63790

triadic

#B537C6 #C6B537 #37C6B5

tetradic

#B537C6 #C66D37 #48C637 #3790C6

square

#B537C6 #C66D37 #48C637 #3790C6

split-complementary

#B537C6 #90C637 #37C66D

monochromatic

#5D1C66 #892A96 #B537C6 #C766D4 #D996E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B537C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B537C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537C6

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537C6	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D76C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7517C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.227 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ad8',
    500: '#b537c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537c6;
$custom-light: #cf7ad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.867,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57963,
    "c": 0.22703,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537C6

secondary

#93CD8C

accent

#E0485A

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537C6

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

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