#37238C#37238C

#37238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.163 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37238C
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 39.00, -54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 67.36, 305.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0369 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.163 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9087, 3.9073, 25.1960)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37238C #788C23

analogous

#23438C #37238C #6C238C

triadic

#37238C #8C3723 #238C37

tetradic

#37238C #8C2343 #788C23 #238C6C

square

#37238C #8C2343 #788C23 #238C6C

split-complementary

#37238C #8C6C23 #438C23

monochromatic

#110B2A #24175B #37238C #4A2FBD #6D55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#37238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#37238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37238C

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37238C	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.163 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960af',
    500: '#37238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37238c;
$custom-light: #7960af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35646,
    "c": 0.16251,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37238C

secondary

#A5B852

accent

#E345C5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #37238C

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

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