#37229A#37229A

#37229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.181 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37229A
RGB	rgb(55, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.60, 43.91, -61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.60, 75.59, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.034 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.181 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9785, 4.2888, 30.9730)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37229A #859A22

analogous

#22499A #37229A #73229A

triadic

#37229A #9A3722 #229A37

tetradic

#37229A #9A2249 #859A22 #229A73

square

#37229A #9A2249 #859A22 #229A73

split-complementary

#37229A #9A7322 #499A22

monochromatic

#130C36 #251768 #37229A #492DCC #725BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#37229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#37229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37229A

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37229A	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.181 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b60b9',
    500: '#37229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37229a;
$custom-light: #7b60b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36951,
    "c": 0.18079,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37229A

secondary

#ADBF58

accent

#E741CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #37229A

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

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