#37215E#37215E

#37215E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.104 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37215E
RGB	rgb(55, 33, 94)
HSL	hsl(262, 48%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(262, 65%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 64.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.83, 25.77, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.83, 41.70, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(31.13% 0.0464 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(31.13% 0.104 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.1393, 2.7080, 10.8921)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37215E #485E21

analogous

#212A5E #37215E #55215E

triadic

#37215E #5E3721 #215E37

tetradic

#37215E #5E212A #485E21 #215E55

square

#37215E #5E212A #485E21 #215E55

split-complementary

#37215E #5E5521 #2A5E21

monochromatic

#0D0817 #1C1131 #37215E #52318B #6C41B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#37215E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#37215E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37215E

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37215E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37215E	1.00	13.62	1.54	13.62
#FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#052D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37215e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 33, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.104 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715d8c',
    500: '#37215e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37215e;
$custom-light: #715d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37215e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.639,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31128,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37215E

secondary

#789249

accent

#D850A7

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #37215E

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

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