#37218A#37218A

#37218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.162 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37218A
RGB	rgb(55, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 39.47, -54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 67.41, 305.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.039 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.162 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7054, 3.7345, 24.4073)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37218A #748A21

analogous

#213F8A #37218A #6B218A

triadic

#37218A #8A3721 #218A37

tetradic

#37218A #8A213F #748A21 #218A6B

square

#37218A #8A213F #748A21 #218A6B

split-complementary

#37218A #8A6B21 #3F8A21

monochromatic

#100927 #231559 #37218A #4B2DBB #6C50D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#37218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#37218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37218A

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37218A	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#043E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.162 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785fad',
    500: '#37218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37218a;
$custom-light: #785fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3517,
    "c": 0.16218,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37218A

secondary

#A2B94E

accent

#E543C3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37218A

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

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