#37236D#37236D

#37236D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.122 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37236D
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(256, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(256, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.51, 29.17, -39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.51, 49.42, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(32.73% 0.0427 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(32.73% 0.122 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9361, 3.1182, 14.8068)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37236D #596D23

analogous

#23346D #37236D #5C236D

triadic

#37236D #6D3723 #236D37

tetradic

#37236D #6D2334 #596D23 #236D5C

square

#37236D #6D2334 #596D23 #236D5C

split-complementary

#37236D #6D5C23 #346D23

monochromatic

#0C0717 #20143F #37236D #4E329B #6847C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.93

#37236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#37236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37236D

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37236D	1.00	12.93	1.62	12.93
#FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00306B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.122 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735f97',
    500: '#37236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37236d;
$custom-light: #735f97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.216,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32728,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37236D

secondary

#89A04B

accent

#DB4DB5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37236D

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

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