#37229B#37229B

#37229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.182 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37229B
RGB	rgb(55, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(250, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(250, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.71, 44.22, -61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.71, 76.12, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0338 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.182 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0621, 4.3222, 31.4134)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37229B #869B22

analogous

#224A9B #37229B #74229B

triadic

#37229B #9B3722 #229B37

tetradic

#37229B #9B224A #869B22 #229B74

square

#37229B #9B224A #869B22 #229B74

split-complementary

#37229B #9B7422 #4A9B22

monochromatic

#130C37 #251769 #37229B #492DCD #725CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#37229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#37229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37229B

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37229B	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.182 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60ba',
    500: '#37229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37229b;
$custom-light: #7c60ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.413,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37056,
    "c": 0.18199,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37229B

secondary

#AEC059

accent

#E741CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #37229B

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

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