#37228C#37228C

#37228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.164 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37228C
RGB	rgb(55, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 39.55, -55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 67.94, 305.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.51% 0.0377 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(35.51% 0.164 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8797, 3.8493, 25.1863)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37228C #778C22

analogous

#22428C #37228C #6C228C

triadic

#37228C #8C3722 #228C37

tetradic

#37228C #8C2242 #778C22 #228C6C

square

#37228C #8C2242 #778C22 #228C6C

split-complementary

#37228C #8C6C22 #428C22

monochromatic

#100A2A #24165B #37228C #4A2EBD #6D53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#37228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#37228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37228C

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37228C	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.164 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960af',
    500: '#37228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37228c;
$custom-light: #7960af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.887,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35508,
    "c": 0.1636,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37228C

secondary

#A4B951

accent

#E444C4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37228C

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

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