#37198A#37198A

#37198A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.170 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37198A
RGB	rgb(55, 25, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 81.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.36, 43.51, -56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.36, 71.68, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.19% 0.0445 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(34.19% 0.17 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5092, 3.3421, 24.3419)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37198A #6C8A19

analogous

#19348A #37198A #70198A

triadic

#37198A #8A3719 #198A37

tetradic

#37198A #8A1934 #6C8A19 #198A70

square

#37198A #8A1934 #6C8A19 #198A70

split-complementary

#37198A #8A7019 #348A19

monochromatic

#0E0622 #221056 #37198A #4C22BE #6A41DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#37198A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#37198A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37198A

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37198A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37198A	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00368D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#063B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37198a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 25, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.170 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795bad',
    500: '#37198a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37198a;
$custom-light: #795bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37198a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.929,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34185,
    "c": 0.17007,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37198A

secondary

#9CBD42

accent

#EC3CBD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37198A

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

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