#37238B#37238B

#37238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.161 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37238B
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 38.69, -54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 66.80, 305.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.55% 0.0372 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(35.55% 0.161 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8353, 3.8779, 24.8094)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37238B #778B23

analogous

#23438B #37238B #6B238B

triadic

#37238B #8B3723 #238B37

tetradic

#37238B #8B2343 #778B23 #238B6B

square

#37238B #8B2343 #778B23 #238B6B

split-complementary

#37238B #8B6B23 #438B23

monochromatic

#100A29 #24175A #37238B #4A2FBC #6D54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#37238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#37238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37238B

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37238B	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#024055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.161 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860ae',
    500: '#37238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37238b;
$custom-light: #7860ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35546,
    "c": 0.16125,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37238B

secondary

#A4B852

accent

#E345C5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37238B

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

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