#37238D#37238D

#37238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.164 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37238D
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 39.32, -55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 67.92, 305.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.0367 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.164 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9828, 3.9369, 25.5861)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37238D #798D23

analogous

#23448D #37238D #6C238D

triadic

#37238D #8D3723 #238D37

tetradic

#37238D #8D2344 #798D23 #238D6C

square

#37238D #8D2344 #798D23 #238D6C

split-complementary

#37238D #8D6C23 #448D23

monochromatic

#110B2B #24175C #37238D #4A2FBE #6E55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#37238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#37238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37238D

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37238D	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.164 282.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.321,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35746,
    "c": 0.16377,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37238D

secondary

#A6B953

accent

#E344C5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #37238D

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

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