#37238E#37238E

#37238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.165 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37238E
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 39.63, -55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 68.47, 305.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0365 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.165 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0575, 3.9668, 25.9797)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37238E #7A8E23

analogous

#23458E #37238E #6D238E

triadic

#37238E #8E3723 #238E37

tetradic

#37238E #8E2345 #7A8E23 #238E6D

square

#37238E #8E2345 #7A8E23 #238E6D

split-complementary

#37238E #8E6D23 #458E23

monochromatic

#110B2C #24175D #37238E #4A2FBF #6E56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#37238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#37238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37238E

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37238E	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.165 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960b0',
    500: '#37238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37238e;
$custom-light: #7960b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.215,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35847,
    "c": 0.16502,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37238E

secondary

#A6B953

accent

#E444C6

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #37238E

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

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