#37159E#37159E

#37159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.196 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37159E
RGB	rgb(55, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.06, 50.90, -66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.06, 83.77, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(36.01% 0.0394 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(36.01% 0.196 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0133, 3.8166, 32.6555)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37159E #7C9E15

analogous

#15379E #37159E #7C159E

triadic

#37159E #9E3715 #159E37

tetradic

#37159E #9E1537 #7C9E15 #159E7C

square

#37159E #9E1537 #7C9E15 #159E7C

split-complementary

#37159E #9E7C15 #379E15

monochromatic

#110732 #240E68 #37159E #4A1CD4 #6E47E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#37159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#37159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37159E

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37159E	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00329C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.196 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5abc',
    500: '#37159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37159e;
$custom-light: #7d5abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.891,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36011,
    "c": 0.19595,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37159E

secondary

#A8C747

accent

#F335C4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #37159E

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

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