#37229E#37229E

#37229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.186 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37229E
RGB	rgb(55, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(250, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, 45.14, -63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 77.73, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.37% 0.033 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(37.37% 0.186 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3172, 4.4242, 32.7568)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37229E #899E22

analogous

#224B9E #37229E #75229E

triadic

#37229E #9E3722 #229E37

tetradic

#37229E #9E224B #899E22 #229E75

square

#37229E #9E224B #899E22 #229E75

split-complementary

#37229E #9E7522 #4B9E22

monochromatic

#140C39 #25176C #37229E #492DD0 #735EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#37229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#37229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37229E

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37229E	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.186 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61bc',
    500: '#37229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37229e;
$custom-light: #7c61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.161,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37373,
    "c": 0.1856,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37229E

secondary

#B0C15B

accent

#E840CB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #37229E

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

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