#37156E#37156E

#37156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.141 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37156E
RGB	rgb(55, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.80, 37.27, -44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.80, 58.41, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(30.83% 0.0567 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(30.83% 0.141 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6574, 2.4742, 14.9810)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37156E #4C6E15

analogous

#15206E #37156E #63156E

triadic

#37156E #6E3715 #156E37

tetradic

#37156E #6E1520 #4C6E15 #156E63

square

#37156E #6E1520 #4C6E15 #156E63

split-complementary

#37156E #6E6315 #206E15

monochromatic

#0D051A #1D0B3B #37156E #511FA1 #6A29D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.05

#37156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#37156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37156E

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37156E	1.00	14.05	1.49	14.05
#FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.141 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745798',
    500: '#37156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37156e;
$custom-light: #745798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.921,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30828,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37156E

secondary

#7CA43A

accent

#EB3DA8

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37156E

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

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