#37168D#37168D

#37168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.176 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37168D
RGB	rgb(55, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.24, 45.71, -59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.24, 74.67, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(34.2% 0.0453 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(34.2% 0.176 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6687, 3.3087, 25.4814)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37168D #6C8D16

analogous

#16308D #37168D #73168D

triadic

#37168D #8D3716 #168D37

tetradic

#37168D #8D1630 #6C8D16 #168D73

square

#37168D #8D1630 #6C8D16 #168D73

split-complementary

#37168D #8D7316 #308D16

monochromatic

#0E0523 #220E58 #37168D #4C1EC2 #6A3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#37168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#37168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37168D

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37168D	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.176 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a59b0',
    500: '#37168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37168d;
$custom-light: #7a59b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.639,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34196,
    "c": 0.17608,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37168D

secondary

#9CC13E

accent

#F038BD

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #37168D

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

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