#37219D#37219D

#37219D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.185 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37219D
RGB	rgb(55, 33, 157)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 79%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.75, 45.34, -63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.75, 77.72, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0338 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.185 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2033, 4.3336, 32.2959)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37219D #879D21

analogous

#21499D #37219D #75219D

triadic

#37219D #9D3721 #219D37

tetradic

#37219D #9D2149 #879D21 #219D75

square

#37219D #9D2149 #879D21 #219D75

split-complementary

#37219D #9D7521 #499D21

monochromatic

#140C38 #25166A #37219D #492CD0 #735CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#37219D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#37219D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37219D

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37219D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37219D	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37219d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 33, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.185 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60bb',
    500: '#37219d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37219d;
$custom-light: #7c60bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37219d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.645,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37144,
    "c": 0.18532,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37219D

secondary

#AFC159

accent

#E840CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #37219D

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

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