#37168E#37168E

#37168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.177 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37168E
RGB	rgb(55, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.35, 45.99, -59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.35, 75.19, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.31% 0.0449 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(34.31% 0.177 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7434, 3.3386, 25.8750)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37168E #6D8E16

analogous

#16318E #37168E #73168E

triadic

#37168E #8E3716 #168E37

tetradic

#37168E #8E1631 #6D8E16 #168E73

square

#37168E #8E1631 #6D8E16 #168E73

split-complementary

#37168E #8E7316 #318E16

monochromatic

#0E0624 #220E59 #37168E #4C1EC3 #6A3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#37168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#37168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37168E

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37168E	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.177 284.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34306,
    "c": 0.17722,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37168E

secondary

#9DC13F

accent

#F038BD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #37168E

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

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