#37217D#37217D

#37217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.146 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37217D
RGB	rgb(55, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 35.41, -48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 60.08, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(33.89% 0.042 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(33.89% 0.146 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8200, 3.3803, 19.7439)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.39

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37217D #677D21

analogous

#21397D #37217D #65217D

triadic

#37217D #7D3721 #217D37

tetradic

#37217D #7D2139 #677D21 #217D65

square

#37217D #7D2139 #677D21 #217D65

split-complementary

#37217D #7D6521 #397D21

monochromatic

#0C071C #22144D #37217D #4C2EAD #6949CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#37217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#37217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37217D

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37217D	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.146 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765ea4',
    500: '#37217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37217d;
$custom-light: #765ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.348,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33886,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37217D

secondary

#97B04A

accent

#E146BC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37217D

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

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