#37239B#37239B

#37239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.181 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37239B
RGB	rgb(55, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(250, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(250, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 43.70, -61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 75.58, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0332 -0.178)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.181 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0911, 4.3802, 31.4231)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37239B #879B23

analogous

#234B9B #37239B #73239B

triadic

#37239B #9B3723 #239B37

tetradic

#37239B #9B234B #879B23 #239B73

square

#37239B #9B234B #879B23 #239B73

split-complementary

#37239B #9B7323 #4B9B23

monochromatic

#140C37 #251869 #37239B #492ECD #735EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#37239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#37239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37239B

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37239B	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.181 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61ba',
    500: '#37239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37239b;
$custom-light: #7c61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37183,
    "c": 0.18103,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37239B

secondary

#AFBF5A

accent

#E642CB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #37239B

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

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