#37157D#37157D

#37157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.159 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37157D
RGB	rgb(55, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.35, 41.56, -52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.35, 66.63, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(32.37% 0.0517 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(32.37% 0.159 289)
XYZ	xyz(5.5443, 2.8290, 19.6520)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37157D #5B7D15

analogous

#15277D #37157D #6B157D

triadic

#37157D #7D3715 #157D37

tetradic

#37157D #7D1527 #5B7D15 #157D6B

square

#37157D #7D1527 #5B7D15 #157D6B

split-complementary

#37157D #7D6B15 #277D15

monochromatic

#0C041A #200C49 #37157D #4E1EB1 #6830DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.41

#37157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#37157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37157D

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37157D	1.00	13.41	1.57	13.41
#FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.159 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7758a4',
    500: '#37157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37157d;
$custom-light: #7758a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.615,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32369,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.02829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37157D

secondary

#8BB23C

accent

#EE3AB3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37157D

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

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