#37216D#37216D

#37216D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.125 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37216D
RGB	rgb(55, 33, 109)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 69.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.06, 30.39, -40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.06, 50.74, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(32.4% 0.0449 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(32.4% 0.125 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8789, 3.0039, 14.7878)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37216D #576D21

analogous

#21316D #37216D #5D216D

triadic

#37216D #6D3721 #216D37

tetradic

#37216D #6D2131 #576D21 #216D5D

square

#37216D #6D2131 #576D21 #216D5D

split-complementary

#37216D #6D5D21 #316D21

monochromatic

#0C0717 #1F133E #37216D #4F2F9C #6942C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.12

#37216D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#37216D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37216D

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37216D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37216D	1.00	13.12	1.60	13.12
#FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37216d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 33, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.125 291.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37216d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 53.521,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32402,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37216D

secondary

#87A149

accent

#DD4BB3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37216D

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

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