#37177E#37177E

#37177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.158 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37177E
RGB	rgb(55, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(259, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.77, 40.94, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.77, 66.20, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(32.69% 0.0499 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(32.69% 0.158 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6467, 2.9311, 20.0028)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37177E #5E7E17

analogous

#172A7E #37177E #6B177E

triadic

#37177E #7E3717 #177E37

tetradic

#37177E #7E172A #5E7E17 #177E6B

square

#37177E #7E172A #5E7E17 #177E6B

split-complementary

#37177E #7E6B17 #2A7E17

monochromatic

#0B051A #200E4A #37177E #4E20B2 #6835DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.24

#37177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#37177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37177E

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37177E	1.00	13.24	1.59	13.24
#FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.158 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7759a4',
    500: '#37177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37177e;
$custom-light: #7759a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.641,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32692,
    "c": 0.1578,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37177E

secondary

#8EB33E

accent

#EC3CB5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37177E

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

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