#37156C#37156C

#37156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.139 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37156C
RGB	rgb(55, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.60, 36.70, -43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.60, 57.29, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(30.63% 0.0573 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(30.63% 0.139 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5497, 2.4311, 14.4140)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37156C #4A6C15

analogous

#151F6C #37156C #62156C

triadic

#37156C #6C3715 #156C37

tetradic

#37156C #6C151F #4A6C15 #156C62

square

#37156C #6C151F #4A6C15 #156C62

split-complementary

#37156C #6C6215 #1F6C15

monochromatic

#0D051A #1D0B39 #37156C #511F9F #6B29D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.13

#37156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#37156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37156C

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37156C	1.00	14.13	1.49	14.13
#FFFFFF	14.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.139 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745797',
    500: '#37156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37156c;
$custom-light: #745797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.448,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3063,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37156C

secondary

#7AA33A

accent

#EA3DA7

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37156C

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

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