#C537B5#C537B5

#C537B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.222 H 333.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C537B5
RGB	rgb(197, 55, 181)
HSL	hsl(307, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(307, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 8.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 68.47, -36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 77.66, 331.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1975 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.222 333)
XYZ	xyz(32.7328, 17.9416, 45.4462)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C537B5 #37C547

analogous

#8E37C5 #C537B5 #C5376E

triadic

#C537B5 #B5C537 #37B5C5

tetradic

#C537B5 #C58E37 #37C547 #376EC5

square

#C537B5 #C58E37 #37C547 #376EC5

split-complementary

#C537B5 #6EC537 #37C58E

monochromatic

#651C5D #952A89 #C537B5 #D465C8 #E195D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C537B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C537B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C537B5

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C537B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C537B5	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3168B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c537b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 55, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.222 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7bcb',
    500: '#c537b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c537b5;
$custom-light: #da7bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c537b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.761,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59327,
    "c": 0.22165,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.17939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C537B5

secondary

#8BCD93

accent

#E05948

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C537B5

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

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