#37186E#37186E

#37186E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.138 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37186E
RGB	rgb(55, 24, 110)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.33, 35.77, -44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.33, 56.80, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(31.2% 0.054 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(31.2% 0.138 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7159, 2.5911, 15.0005)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37186E #4F6E18

analogous

#18246E #37186E #62186E

triadic

#37186E #6E3718 #186E37

tetradic

#37186E #6E1824 #4F6E18 #186E62

square

#37186E #6E1824 #4F6E18 #186E62

split-complementary

#37186E #6E6218 #246E18

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1E0D3C #37186E #5023A0 #692FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.83

#37186E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#37186E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37186E

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37186E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37186E	1.00	13.83	1.52	13.83
#FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37186e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 24, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.138 293.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37186e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.628,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31196,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37186E

secondary

#7FA43E

accent

#E741AB

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37186E

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

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