#37157E#37157E

#37157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.160 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37157E
RGB	rgb(55, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(259, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.45, 41.85, -52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.45, 67.17, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(32.48% 0.0513 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(32.48% 0.16 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6085, 2.8546, 19.9901)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37157E #5C7E15

analogous

#15277E #37157E #6C157E

triadic

#37157E #7E3715 #157E37

tetradic

#37157E #7E1527 #5C7E15 #157E6C

square

#37157E #7E1527 #5C7E15 #157E6C

split-complementary

#37157E #7E6C15 #277E15

monochromatic

#0B041A #200C4A #37157E #4E1EB2 #6831DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#37157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#37157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37157E

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37157E	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.160 288.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32475,
    "c": 0.15966,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37157E

secondary

#8CB33C

accent

#EE3AB4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37157E

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

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