#37236E#37236E

#37236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.123 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37236E
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(256, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.60, 29.49, -40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.60, 50.02, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(32.82% 0.0426 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(32.82% 0.123 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9903, 3.1399, 15.0920)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37236E #5A6E23

analogous

#23346E #37236E #5C236E

triadic

#37236E #6E3723 #236E37

tetradic

#37236E #6E2334 #5A6E23 #236E5C

square

#37236E #6E2334 #5A6E23 #236E5C

split-complementary

#37236E #6E5C23 #346E23

monochromatic

#0C0717 #201440 #37236E #4E329C #6847C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#37236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#37236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37236E

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37236E	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00306C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.123 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735f98',
    500: '#37236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37236e;
$custom-light: #735f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32816,
    "c": 0.12327,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37236E

secondary

#8AA14C

accent

#DB4DB5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37236E

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

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