#37156A#37156A

#37156A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.136 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37156A
RGB	rgb(55, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.41, 36.13, -43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.41, 56.17, 310.04°)
OKLab	oklab(30.43% 0.0579 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(30.43% 0.136 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.4445, 2.3890, 13.8598)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37156A #486A15

analogous

#151E6A #37156A #62156A

triadic

#37156A #6A3715 #156A37

tetradic

#37156A #6A151E #486A15 #156A62

square

#37156A #6A151E #486A15 #156A62

split-complementary

#37156A #6A6215 #1E6A15

monochromatic

#0D051A #1C0B37 #37156A #521F9D #6C29D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.21

#37156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#37156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37156A

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37156A	1.00	14.21	1.48	14.21
#FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.136 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745795',
    500: '#37156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37156a;
$custom-light: #745795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30434,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37156A

secondary

#78A13A

accent

#EA3EA5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37156A

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

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