#37237B#37237B

#37237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.141 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37237B
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 33.61, -46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 57.68, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.0405 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.141 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7507, 3.4441, 19.0968)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37237B #677B23

analogous

#233B7B #37237B #63237B

triadic

#37237B #7B3723 #237B37

tetradic

#37237B #7B233B #677B23 #237B63

square

#37237B #7B233B #677B23 #237B63

split-complementary

#37237B #7B6323 #3B7B23

monochromatic

#0C081C #22154B #37237B #4C31AB #694CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#37237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#37237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37237B

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37237B	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.141 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7560a2',
    500: '#37237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37237b;
$custom-light: #7560a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33996,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37237B

secondary

#97AE4C

accent

#DF49BD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37237B

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

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