#37176B#37176B

#37176B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.135 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37176B
RGB	rgb(55, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.86, 35.42, -42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.86, 55.65, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(30.78% 0.0558 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(30.78% 0.135 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5351, 2.4864, 14.1481)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37176B #4B6B17

analogous

#17216B #37176B #61176B

triadic

#37176B #6B3717 #176B37

tetradic

#37176B #6B1721 #4B6B17 #176B61

square

#37176B #6B1721 #4B6B17 #176B61

split-complementary

#37176B #6B6117 #216B17

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1D0C39 #37176B #51229D #6B2DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.02

#37176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#37176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37176B

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37176B	1.00	14.02	1.50	14.02
#FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.135 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745896',
    500: '#37176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37176b;
$custom-light: #745896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30778,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37176B

secondary

#7BA13D

accent

#E840A8

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37176B

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

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