#37198E#37198E

#37198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.175 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37198E
RGB	rgb(55, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(255, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(255, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.80, 44.68, -58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.80, 73.80, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.0432 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.175 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8042, 3.4600, 25.8952)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37198E #708E19

analogous

#19358E #37198E #72198E

triadic

#37198E #8E3719 #198E37

tetradic

#37198E #8E1935 #708E19 #198E72

square

#37198E #8E1935 #708E19 #198E72

split-complementary

#37198E #8E7219 #358E19

monochromatic

#0F0726 #23105A #37198E #4B22C2 #6B43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#37198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#37198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37198E

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37198E	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.175 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5bb0',
    500: '#37198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37198e;
$custom-light: #7a5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34615,
    "c": 0.17474,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37198E

secondary

#9FBF44

accent

#ED3BBF

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #37198E

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

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