#37237C#37237C

#37237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.142 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37237C
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 33.93, -47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 58.27, 305.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% 0.0404 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.142 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8136, 3.4692, 19.4282)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37237C #687C23

analogous

#233B7C #37237C #63237C

triadic

#37237C #7C3723 #237C37

tetradic

#37237C #7C233B #687C23 #237C63

square

#37237C #7C233B #687C23 #237C63

split-complementary

#37237C #7C6323 #3B7C23

monochromatic

#0D081D #22164C #37237C #4C30AC #694DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#37237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#37237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37237C

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37237C	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.142 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7660a3',
    500: '#37237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37237c;
$custom-light: #7660a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.483,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3409,
    "c": 0.14199,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37237C

secondary

#98AF4C

accent

#DF49BD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37237C

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

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