#C537B9#C537B9

#C537B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.225 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C537B9
RGB	rgb(197, 55, 185)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(305, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 6.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.63, 69.07, -38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.63, 79.17, 330.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1977 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.225 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1491, 18.1082, 47.6389)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C537B9 #37C543

analogous

#8A37C5 #C537B9 #C53772

triadic

#C537B9 #B9C537 #37B9C5

tetradic

#C537B9 #C58A37 #37C543 #3772C5

square

#C537B9 #C58A37 #37C543 #3772C5

split-complementary

#C537B9 #72C537 #37C58A

monochromatic

#651C5F #952A8C #C537B9 #D465CB #E195DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C537B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#C537B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C537B9

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C537B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C537B9	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D69BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c537b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 55, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.225 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7bce',
    500: '#c537b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c537b9;
$custom-light: #da7bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c537b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.07,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59537,
    "c": 0.22454,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C537B9

secondary

#8BCD91

accent

#E05548

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C537B9

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

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