#37216C#37216C

#37216C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.123 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37216C
RGB	rgb(55, 33, 108)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.97, 30.08, -40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.97, 50.15, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(32.31% 0.0451 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(32.31% 0.123 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8254, 2.9825, 14.5059)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37216C #566C21

analogous

#21316C #37216C #5C216C

triadic

#37216C #6C3721 #216C37

tetradic

#37216C #6C2131 #566C21 #216C5C

square

#37216C #6C2131 #566C21 #216C5C

split-complementary

#37216C #6C5C21 #316C21

monochromatic

#0C0717 #1F133D #37216C #4F2F9B #6942C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15

#37216C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#37216C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37216C

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37216C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37216C	1.00	13.15	1.60	13.15
#FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37216c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 33, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.123 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735e97',
    500: '#37216c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37216c;
$custom-light: #735e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37216c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.6,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32313,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37216C

secondary

#86A049

accent

#DD4BB2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37216C

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

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