#37237F#37237F

#37237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.146 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37237F
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.11, 34.88, -48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.11, 60.00, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.37% 0.0398 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(34.37% 0.146 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0062, 3.5463, 20.4426)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37237F #6B7F23

analogous

#233D7F #37237F #65237F

triadic

#37237F #7F3723 #237F37

tetradic

#37237F #7F233D #6B7F23 #237F65

square

#37237F #7F233D #6B7F23 #237F65

split-complementary

#37237F #7F6523 #3D7F23

monochromatic

#0D091F #22164F #37237F #4C30AF #6A4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#37237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#37237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37237F

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37237F	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#173B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.146 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7660a5',
    500: '#37237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37237f;
$custom-light: #7660a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34374,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37237F

secondary

#9BB14C

accent

#E048BF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37237F

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

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