#37228B#37228B

#37228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.162 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37228B
RGB	rgb(55, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 39.24, -54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 67.39, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.038 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.162 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8063, 3.8199, 24.7997)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37228B #768B22

analogous

#22428B #37228B #6C228B

triadic

#37228B #8B3722 #228B37

tetradic

#37228B #8B2242 #768B22 #228B6C

square

#37228B #8B2242 #768B22 #228B6C

split-complementary

#37228B #8B6C22 #428B22

monochromatic

#100A29 #24165A #37228B #4A2EBC #6D53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#37228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#37228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37228B

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37228B	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)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.162 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860ae',
    500: '#37228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37228b;
$custom-light: #7860ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35407,
    "c": 0.16235,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37228B

secondary

#A4B850

accent

#E444C4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37228B

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

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