#37196E#37196E

#37196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.136 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37196E
RGB	rgb(55, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.51, 35.25, -43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.51, 56.23, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(31.33% 0.0531 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(31.33% 0.136 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7369, 2.6331, 15.0075)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37196E #506E19

analogous

#19266E #37196E #62196E

triadic

#37196E #6E3719 #196E37

tetradic

#37196E #6E1926 #506E19 #196E62

square

#37196E #6E1926 #506E19 #196E62

split-complementary

#37196E #6E6219 #266E19

monochromatic

#0C0619 #1E0E3C #37196E #5024A0 #6931D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.76

#37196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#37196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37196E

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37196E	1.00	13.76	1.53	13.76
#FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.136 292.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31326,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37196E

secondary

#80A33F

accent

#E642AC

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37196E

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

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