#37196B#37196B

#37196B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.133 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37196B
RGB	rgb(55, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.23, 34.37, -42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.23, 54.52, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(31.04% 0.0538 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(31.04% 0.133 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5763, 2.5689, 14.1618)
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

#37196B #4D6B19

analogous

#19246B #37196B #60196B

triadic

#37196B #6B3719 #196B37

tetradic

#37196B #6B1924 #4D6B19 #196B60

square

#37196B #6B1924 #4D6B19 #196B60

split-complementary

#37196B #6B6019 #246B19

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1D0D39 #37196B #50259D #6A30CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#37196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#37196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37196B

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37196B	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)

#002D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.133 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745996',
    500: '#37196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37196b;
$custom-light: #745996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31039,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37196B

secondary

#7DA13F

accent

#E543AA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37196B

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

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