#37218D#37218D

#37218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.166 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37218D
RGB	rgb(55, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.08, 40.41, -56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.08, 69.07, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0382 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.166 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9256, 3.8226, 25.5670)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37218D #778D21

analogous

#21418D #37218D #6D218D

triadic

#37218D #8D3721 #218D37

tetradic

#37218D #8D2141 #778D21 #218D6D

square

#37218D #8D2141 #778D21 #218D6D

split-complementary

#37218D #8D6D21 #418D21

monochromatic

#100A2A #24155B #37218D #4A2DBF #6D52D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#37218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#37218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37218D

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37218D	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.166 283.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.222,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35474,
    "c": 0.16591,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37218D

secondary

#A4BA50

accent

#E543C4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #37218D

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

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