#37196C#37196C

#37196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.134 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37196C
RGB	rgb(55, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.32, 34.66, -42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.32, 55.09, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(31.13% 0.0536 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(31.13% 0.134 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.6292, 2.5901, 14.4405)
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

#37196C #4E6C19

analogous

#19246C #37196C #60196C

triadic

#37196C #6C3719 #196C37

tetradic

#37196C #6C1924 #4E6C19 #196C60

square

#37196C #6C1924 #4E6C19 #196C60

split-complementary

#37196C #6C6019 #246C19

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1E0D3A #37196C #50259E #6A30CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.83

#37196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#37196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37196C

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#002E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.134 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745997',
    500: '#37196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37196c;
$custom-light: #745997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.687,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31134,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37196C

secondary

#7EA13F

accent

#E542AB

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37196C

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

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