#37157C#37157C

#37157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.157 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37157C
RGB	rgb(55, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.24, 41.28, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.24, 66.10, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(32.26% 0.052 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(32.26% 0.157 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4807, 2.8035, 19.3172)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37157C #5A7C15

analogous

#15267C #37157C #6A157C

triadic

#37157C #7C3715 #157C37

tetradic

#37157C #7C1526 #5A7C15 #157C6A

square

#37157C #7C1526 #5A7C15 #157C6A

split-complementary

#37157C #7C6A15 #267C15

monochromatic

#0C041A #200C48 #37157C #4E1EB0 #6830DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.45

#37157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#37157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37157C

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37157C	1.00	13.45	1.56	13.45
#FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.157 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7758a3',
    500: '#37157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37157c;
$custom-light: #7758a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.806,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32264,
    "c": 0.15734,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37157C

secondary

#8AB13C

accent

#EE3AB2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37157C

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

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