#37176D#37176D

#37176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.138 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37176D
RGB	rgb(55, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(262, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(262, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.05, 35.99, -43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.05, 56.78, 309.34°)
OKLab	oklab(30.97% 0.0552 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(30.97% 0.138 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6415, 2.5290, 14.7086)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37176D #4D6D17

analogous

#17226D #37176D #62176D

triadic

#37176D #6D3717 #176D37

tetradic

#37176D #6D1722 #4D6D17 #176D62

square

#37176D #6D1722 #4D6D17 #176D62

split-complementary

#37176D #6D6217 #226D17

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1D0C3A #37176D #5122A0 #6A2CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#37176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#37176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37176D

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37176D	1.00	13.95	1.51	13.95
#FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.138 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745898',
    500: '#37176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37176d;
$custom-light: #745898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.326,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30972,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37176D

secondary

#7DA33D

accent

#E840A9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37176D

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

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