#37238A#37238A

#37238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.160 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37238A
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 38.37, -54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 66.24, 305.40°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0374 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.16 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7626, 3.8488, 24.4264)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37238A #768A23

analogous

#23438A #37238A #6B238A

triadic

#37238A #8A3723 #238A37

tetradic

#37238A #8A2343 #768A23 #238A6B

square

#37238A #8A2343 #768A23 #238A6B

split-complementary

#37238A #8A6B23 #438A23

monochromatic

#100A28 #241759 #37238A #4A2FBB #6D54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#37238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#37238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37238A

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37238A	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#043F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.160 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860ad',
    500: '#37238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37238a;
$custom-light: #7860ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.65,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35447,
    "c": 0.15999,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37238A

secondary

#A4B751

accent

#E345C4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37238A

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

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