#37229C#37229C

#37229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.183 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37229C
RGB	rgb(55, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(250, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(250, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 44.52, -62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 76.66, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% 0.0335 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.183 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1464, 4.3560, 31.8575)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37229C #879C22

analogous

#224A9C #37229C #74229C

triadic

#37229C #9C3722 #229C37

tetradic

#37229C #9C224A #879C22 #229C74

square

#37229C #9C224A #879C22 #229C74

split-complementary

#37229C #9C7422 #4A9C22

monochromatic

#140C38 #25176A #37229C #492DCE #735DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#37229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#37229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37229C

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37229C	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.183 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61ba',
    500: '#37229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37229c;
$custom-light: #7c61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.328,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37161,
    "c": 0.18319,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37229C

secondary

#AFC05A

accent

#E741CB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #37229C

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

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