#37185E#37185E

#37185E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.118 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37185E
RGB	rgb(55, 24, 94)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.86, 31.13, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.86, 47.58, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(29.71% 0.0577 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(29.71% 0.118 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9221, 2.2736, 10.8197)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.95

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37185E #3F5E18

analogous

#181C5E #37185E #5A185E

triadic

#37185E #5E3718 #185E37

tetradic

#37185E #5E181C #3F5E18 #185E5A

square

#37185E #5E181C #3F5E18 #185E5A

split-complementary

#37185E #5E5A18 #1C5E18

monochromatic

#0E0618 #1A0C2D #37185E #54248F #7031C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#37185E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#37185E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37185E

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37185E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37185E	1.00	14.43	1.45	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37185e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 24, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.118 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72588c',
    500: '#37185e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37185e;
$custom-light: #72588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37185e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29705,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37185E

secondary

#6E943D

accent

#E3459D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #37185E

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