#37238F#37238F

#37238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.166 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37238F
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 39.95, -56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 69.03, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0362 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.166 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1330, 3.9970, 26.3769)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37238F #7B8F23

analogous

#23458F #37238F #6D238F

triadic

#37238F #8F3723 #238F37

tetradic

#37238F #8F2345 #7B8F23 #238F6D

square

#37238F #8F2345 #7B8F23 #238F6D

split-complementary

#37238F #8F6D23 #458F23

monochromatic

#110B2D #24175E #37238F #4A2FC0 #6E57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#37238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#37238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37238F

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37238F	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.166 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960b1',
    500: '#37238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37238f;
$custom-light: #7960b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35948,
    "c": 0.16627,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37238F

secondary

#A7BA54

accent

#E444C6

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #37238F

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

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