#37256E#37256E

#37256E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.120 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37256E
RGB	rgb(55, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.06, 28.24, -39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.06, 48.68, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(33.15% 0.0402 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(33.15% 0.12 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0508, 3.2610, 15.1121)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37256E #5C6E25

analogous

#25386E #37256E #5C256E

triadic

#37256E #6E3725 #256E37

tetradic

#37256E #6E2538 #5C6E25 #256E5C

square

#37256E #6E2538 #5C6E25 #256E5C

split-complementary

#37256E #6E5C25 #386E25

monochromatic

#0B0817 #201640 #37256E #4E349C #684BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#37256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#37256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #37256E

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##37256E	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00316C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.120 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736098',
    500: '#37256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37256e;
$custom-light: #736098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.795,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33152,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37256E

secondary

#8CA14E

accent

#D94FB7

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #37256E

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

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