#37229D#37229D

#37229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.184 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37229D
RGB	rgb(55, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(250, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(250, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 44.83, -62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 77.19, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0332 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.184 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2314, 4.3900, 32.3053)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37229D #889D22

analogous

#224A9D #37229D #75229D

triadic

#37229D #9D3722 #229D37

tetradic

#37229D #9D224A #889D22 #229D75

square

#37229D #9D224A #889D22 #229D75

split-complementary

#37229D #9D7522 #4A9D22

monochromatic

#140C38 #25176B #37229D #492DCF #735DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#37229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#37229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37229D

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37229D	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.184 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61bb',
    500: '#37229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37229d;
$custom-light: #7c61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.244,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37267,
    "c": 0.1844,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37229D

secondary

#AFC15A

accent

#E740CB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #37229D

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

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