#37196A#37196A

#37196A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.131 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37196A
RGB	rgb(55, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.13, 34.07, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.13, 53.94, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(30.94% 0.0541 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(30.94% 0.131 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.5240, 2.5480, 13.8863)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37196A #4C6A19

analogous

#19236A #37196A #5F196A

triadic

#37196A #6A3719 #196A37

tetradic

#37196A #6A1923 #4C6A19 #196A5F

square

#37196A #6A1923 #4C6A19 #196A5F

split-complementary

#37196A #6A5F19 #236A19

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1D0D38 #37196A #51259C #6A30CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#37196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#37196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37196A

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37196A	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.131 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735995',
    500: '#37196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37196a;
$custom-light: #735995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30944,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37196A

secondary

#7CA03F

accent

#E543A9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37196A

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

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