#37226A#37226A

#37226A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.119 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37226A
RGB	rgb(55, 34, 106)
HSL	hsl(258, 51%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 67.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.03, 28.85, -38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.03, 48.29, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(32.3% 0.0442 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(32.3% 0.119 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7484, 2.9967, 13.9611)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37226A #556A22

analogous

#22316A #37226A #5B226A

triadic

#37226A #6A3722 #226A37

tetradic

#37226A #6A2231 #556A22 #226A5B

square

#37226A #6A2231 #556A22 #226A5B

split-complementary

#37226A #6A5B22 #316A22

monochromatic

#0C0717 #1F133C #37226A #4F3198 #6944C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#37226A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#37226A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37226A

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37226A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37226A	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#283342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37226a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 34, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.119 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735e95',
    500: '#37226a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37226a;
$custom-light: #735e95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37226a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32302,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37226A

secondary

#859E4A

accent

#DB4DB1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37226A

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

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