#37186D#37186D

#37186D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.136 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37186D
RGB	rgb(55, 24, 109)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 78%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.23, 35.48, -43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.23, 56.23, 309.12°)
OKLab	oklab(31.1% 0.0543 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(31.1% 0.136 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6617, 2.5695, 14.7154)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37186D #4E6D18

analogous

#18236D #37186D #61186D

triadic

#37186D #6D3718 #186D37

tetradic

#37186D #6D1823 #4E6D18 #186D61

square

#37186D #6D1823 #4E6D18 #186D61

split-complementary

#37186D #6D6118 #236D18

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1E0D3B #37186D #50239F #6A2ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#37186D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#37186D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37186D

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37186D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37186D	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37186d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 24, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.136 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745898',
    500: '#37186d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37186d;
$custom-light: #745898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37186d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.882,
    "s": 63.91,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31099,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37186D

secondary

#7EA33E

accent

#E741AA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37186D

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

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