#B537C7#B537C7

#B537C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.228 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537C7
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 199)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 72.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, 67.93, -49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 84.22, 323.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1805 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.228 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7300, 16.6814, 55.6230)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537C7 #49C737

analogous

#6D37C7 #B537C7 #C73791

triadic

#B537C7 #C7B537 #37C7B5

tetradic

#B537C7 #C76D37 #49C737 #3791C7

square

#B537C7 #C76D37 #49C737 #3791C7

split-complementary

#B537C7 #91C737 #37C76D

monochromatic

#5E1C67 #892A97 #B537C7 #C766D5 #D996E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B537C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B537C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537C7

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537C7	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C76C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7527C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.228 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ad9',
    500: '#b537c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537c7;
$custom-light: #cf7ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58024,
    "c": 0.22785,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537C7

secondary

#94CD8C

accent

#E0485B

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537C7

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

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