#37177B#37177B

#37177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.154 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37177B
RGB	rgb(55, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.45, 40.07, -50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.45, 64.57, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(32.38% 0.0509 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(32.38% 0.154 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4561, 2.8548, 18.9986)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37177B #5B7B17

analogous

#17297B #37177B #69177B

triadic

#37177B #7B3717 #177B37

tetradic

#37177B #7B1729 #5B7B17 #177B69

square

#37177B #7B1729 #5B7B17 #177B69

split-complementary

#37177B #7B6917 #297B17

monochromatic

#0C051A #200D47 #37177B #4E21AF #6833D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#37177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#37177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37177B

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37177B	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.154 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7659a2',
    500: '#37177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37177b;
$custom-light: #7659a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3238,
    "c": 0.15426,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37177B

secondary

#8BB03E

accent

#EB3CB3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37177B

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

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