#37196D#37196D

#37196D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.135 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37196D
RGB	rgb(55, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.42, 34.95, -43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.42, 55.66, 308.90°)
OKLab	oklab(31.23% 0.0533 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(31.23% 0.135 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6827, 2.6115, 14.7224)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37196D #4F6D19

analogous

#19256D #37196D #61196D

triadic

#37196D #6D3719 #196D37

tetradic

#37196D #6D1925 #4F6D19 #196D61

square

#37196D #6D1925 #4F6D19 #196D61

split-complementary

#37196D #6D6119 #256D19

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1E0E3B #37196D #50249F #6931D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.79

#37196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#37196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37196D

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37196D	1.00	13.79	1.52	13.79
#FFFFFF	13.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.135 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745998',
    500: '#37196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37196d;
$custom-light: #745998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3123,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37196D

secondary

#7FA23F

accent

#E642AB

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37196D

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

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