#37169E#37169E

#37169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.195 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37169E
RGB	rgb(55, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.18, 50.52, -66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.18, 83.38, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.039 -0.1914)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.195 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0321, 3.8541, 32.6618)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37169E #7D9E16

analogous

#16399E #37169E #7B169E

triadic

#37169E #9E3716 #169E37

tetradic

#37169E #9E1639 #7D9E16 #169E7B

square

#37169E #9E1639 #7D9E16 #169E7B

split-complementary

#37169E #9E7B16 #399E16

monochromatic

#120733 #240F68 #37169E #4A1DD4 #6F49E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#37169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#37169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37169E

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37169E	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00329C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.195 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5bbc',
    500: '#37169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37169e;
$custom-light: #7d5bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.559,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36098,
    "c": 0.19529,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37169E

secondary

#A8C749

accent

#F236C4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #37169E

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

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