#37228D#37228D

#37228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.165 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37228D
RGB	rgb(55, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 39.87, -55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 68.50, 305.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.61% 0.0375 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(35.61% 0.165 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9538, 3.8789, 25.5764)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37228D #788D22

analogous

#22428D #37228D #6D228D

triadic

#37228D #8D3722 #228D37

tetradic

#37228D #8D2242 #788D22 #228D6D

square

#37228D #8D2242 #788D22 #228D6D

split-complementary

#37228D #8D6D22 #428D22

monochromatic

#110A2A #24165C #37228D #4A2EBE #6D54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#37228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#37228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37228D

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37228D	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.165 283.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.776,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35609,
    "c": 0.16484,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37228D

secondary

#A5B951

accent

#E444C5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #37228D

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

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