#37209B#37209B

#37209B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.184 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37209B
RGB	rgb(55, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.36, 45.23, -62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.36, 77.19, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.035 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.184 281)
XYZ	xyz(8.0066, 4.2112, 31.3949)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37209B #849B20

analogous

#20469B #37209B #75209B

triadic

#37209B #9B3720 #209B37

tetradic

#37209B #9B2046 #849B20 #209B75

square

#37209B #9B2046 #849B20 #209B75

split-complementary

#37209B #9B7520 #469B20

monochromatic

#130B36 #251668 #37209B #492ACE #7159DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#37209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#37209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37209B

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37209B	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.184 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5fba',
    500: '#37209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37209b;
$custom-light: #7c5fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.22,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3681,
    "c": 0.18386,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.04212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37209B

secondary

#ADC156

accent

#E93FC9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #37209B

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

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