#37218C#37218C

#37218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.165 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37218C
RGB	rgb(55, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 40.10, -55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 68.52, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% 0.0385 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.165 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8516, 3.7929, 25.1769)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37218C #768C21

analogous

#21418C #37218C #6D218C

triadic

#37218C #8C3721 #218C37

tetradic

#37218C #8C2141 #768C21 #218C6D

square

#37218C #8C2141 #768C21 #218C6D

split-complementary

#37218C #8C6D21 #418C21

monochromatic

#100A29 #24155A #37218C #4A2DBE #6D51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#37218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#37218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37218C

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37218C	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.165 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795faf',
    500: '#37218c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37218c;
$custom-light: #795faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.336,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35372,
    "c": 0.16466,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37218C

secondary

#A4B94F

accent

#E543C4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37218C

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

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