#37255E#37255E

#37255E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.098 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37255E
RGB	rgb(55, 37, 94)
HSL	hsl(259, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 60.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.82, 23.19, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.82, 38.87, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(31.85% 0.041 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(31.85% 0.098 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.2570, 2.9434, 10.9314)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37255E #4C5E25

analogous

#25305E #37255E #53255E

triadic

#37255E #5E3725 #255E37

tetradic

#37255E #5E2530 #4C5E25 #255E53

square

#37255E #5E2530 #4C5E25 #255E53

split-complementary

#37255E #5E5325 #305E25

monochromatic

#0D0916 #1D1432 #37255E #51368A #6A48B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.22

#37255E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#37255E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37255E

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37255E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37255E	1.00	13.22	1.59	13.22
#FFFFFF	13.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#083060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E2F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D313D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37255e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 37, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.098 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71608c',
    500: '#37255e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37255e;
$custom-light: #71608c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37255e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31848,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37255E

secondary

#7C914D

accent

#D355AB

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08050C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #37255E

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

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