#C537B3#C537B3

#C537B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.220 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C537B3
RGB	rgb(197, 55, 179)
HSL	hsl(308, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(308, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 9.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 68.16, -35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 76.92, 332.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.1974 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.22 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5291, 17.8601, 44.3732)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C537B3 #37C549

analogous

#9037C5 #C537B3 #C5376C

triadic

#C537B3 #B3C537 #37B3C5

tetradic

#C537B3 #C59037 #37C549 #376CC5

square

#C537B3 #C59037 #37C549 #376CC5

split-complementary

#C537B3 #6CC537 #37C590

monochromatic

#651C5C #952A88 #C537B3 #D465C6 #E195D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C537B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C537B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C537B3

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C537B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C537B3	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3368B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c537b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 55, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.220 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7bca',
    500: '#c537b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c537b3;
$custom-light: #da7bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c537b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.606,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59223,
    "c": 0.22022,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C537B3

secondary

#8BCD93

accent

#E05B48

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C537B3

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

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