#37236A#37236A

#37236A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.118 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37236A
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.26, 28.22, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.26, 47.62, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(32.47% 0.043 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(32.47% 0.118 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7774, 3.0547, 13.9708)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37236A #566A23

analogous

#23336A #37236A #5A236A

triadic

#37236A #6A3723 #236A37

tetradic

#37236A #6A2333 #566A23 #236A5A

square

#37236A #6A2333 #566A23 #236A5A

split-complementary

#37236A #6A5A23 #336A23

monochromatic

#0C0817 #1F143C #37236A #4F3298 #6946C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.04

#37236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#37236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37236A

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37236A	1.00	13.04	1.61	13.04
#FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#283443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.118 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735f95',
    500: '#37236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37236a;
$custom-light: #735f95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.901,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32469,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37236A

secondary

#869D4B

accent

#DA4EB2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37236A

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

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