#37216B#37216B

#37216B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.122 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37216B
RGB	rgb(55, 33, 107)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 69.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.89, 29.77, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.89, 49.55, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(32.23% 0.0452 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(32.23% 0.122 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7725, 2.9613, 14.2272)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37216B #556B21

analogous

#21306B #37216B #5C216B

triadic

#37216B #6B3721 #216B37

tetradic

#37216B #6B2130 #556B21 #216B5C

square

#37216B #6B2130 #556B21 #216B5C

split-complementary

#37216B #6B5C21 #306B21

monochromatic

#0C0717 #1F133C #37216B #4F2F9A #6942C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.19

#37216B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#37216B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37216B

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37216B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37216B	1.00	13.19	1.59	13.19
#FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37216b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 33, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.122 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735e96',
    500: '#37216b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37216b;
$custom-light: #735e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37216b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.838,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32225,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37216B

secondary

#859F49

accent

#DC4CB1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37216B

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

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