#C537C5#C537C5

#C537C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.233 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C537C5
RGB	rgb(197, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 70.96, -44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 83.84, 327.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.198 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.233 328)
XYZ	xyz(34.4698, 18.6364, 54.5942)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C537C5 #37C537

analogous

#7E37C5 #C537C5 #C5377E

triadic

#C537C5 #C5C537 #37C5C5

tetradic

#C537C5 #C57E37 #37C537 #377EC5

square

#C537C5 #C57E37 #37C537 #377EC5

split-complementary

#C537C5 #7EC537 #37C57E

monochromatic

#651C65 #952A95 #C537C5 #D465D4 #E195E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C537C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C537C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C537C5

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C537C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C537C5	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B6CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c537c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.233 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd7',
    500: '#c537c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c537c5;
$custom-light: #da7cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c537c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60195,
    "c": 0.23346,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.18634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C537C5

secondary

#8BCD8B

accent

#E04848

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C537C5

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

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