#37176E#37176E

#37176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.139 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37176E
RGB	rgb(55, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(262, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(262, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.15, 36.28, -44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.15, 57.34, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(31.07% 0.0549 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(31.07% 0.139 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.6956, 2.5507, 14.9937)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37176E #4E6E17

analogous

#17226E #37176E #62176E

triadic

#37176E #6E3717 #176E37

tetradic

#37176E #6E1722 #4E6E17 #176E62

square

#37176E #6E1722 #4E6E17 #176E62

split-complementary

#37176E #6E6217 #226E17

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1E0C3B #37176E #5022A1 #6A2CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#37176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#37176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37176E

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37176E	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.139 293.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.069,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3107,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37176E

secondary

#7EA43D

accent

#E83FAA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37176E

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

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