#37196F#37196F

#37196F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.138 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37196F
RGB	rgb(55, 25, 111)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 77.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.61, 35.55, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.61, 56.80, 308.74°)
OKLab	oklab(31.42% 0.0528 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(31.42% 0.138 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7916, 2.6550, 15.2958)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37196F #516F19

analogous

#19266F #37196F #62196F

triadic

#37196F #6F3719 #196F37

tetradic

#37196F #6F1926 #516F19 #196F62

square

#37196F #6F1926 #516F19 #196F62

split-complementary

#37196F #6F6219 #266F19

monochromatic

#0C0619 #1E0E3D #37196F #5024A1 #6932D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.72

#37196F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#37196F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37196F

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37196F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37196F	1.00	13.72	1.53	13.72
#FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37196f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 25, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.138 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745999',
    500: '#37196f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37196f;
$custom-light: #745999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37196f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.93,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31423,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37196F

secondary

#81A43F

accent

#E642AD

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37196F

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

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