#37157F#37157F

#37157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.161 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37157F
RGB	rgb(55, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, 42.13, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 67.71, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(32.58% 0.0509 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(32.58% 0.161 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6733, 2.8806, 20.3316)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37157F #5D7F15

analogous

#15287F #37157F #6C157F

triadic

#37157F #7F3715 #157F37

tetradic

#37157F #7F1528 #5D7F15 #157F6C

square

#37157F #7F1528 #5D7F15 #157F6C

split-complementary

#37157F #7F6C15 #287F15

monochromatic

#0B041A #200C4A #37157F #4E1EB4 #6831DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#37157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#37157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37157F

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37157F	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.161 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7758a5',
    500: '#37157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37157f;
$custom-light: #7758a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.245,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32581,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37157F

secondary

#8DB43C

accent

#EE39B4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37157F

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

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