#B537D2#B537D2

#B537D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.237 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B537D2
RGB	rgb(181, 55, 210)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 73.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 69.91, -55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 88.98, 321.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.1796 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.237 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0536, 17.2109, 62.5939)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B537D2 #54D237

analogous

#6837D2 #B537D2 #D237A2

triadic

#B537D2 #D2B537 #37D2B5

tetradic

#B537D2 #D26837 #54D237 #37A2D2

square

#B537D2 #D26837 #54D237 #37A2D2

split-complementary

#B537D2 #A2D237 #37D268

monochromatic

#641A74 #8E25A6 #B537D2 #C769DD #DA9BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B537D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B537D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B537D2

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B537D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B537D2	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4377CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b537d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 55, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.237 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ae0',
    500: '#b537d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b537d2;
$custom-light: #cf7ae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b537d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.774,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58713,
    "c": 0.23693,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B537D2

secondary

#9DD490

accent

#E64160

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B537D2

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

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