#59117E#59117E

#59117E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.168 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59117E
RGB	rgb(89, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.77, 48.46, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.77, 66.32, 316.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.108 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.168 310)
XYZ	xyz(8.0854, 4.0313, 20.0868)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59117E #367E11

analogous

#22117E #59117E #7E116C

triadic

#59117E #7E5911 #117E59

tetradic

#59117E #7E2211 #367E11 #116C7E

square

#59117E #7E2211 #367E11 #116C7E

split-complementary

#59117E #6C7E11 #117E22

monochromatic

#13041B #330A48 #59117E #7F18B4 #A327E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#59117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#59117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59117E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59117E	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.168 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ba4',
    500: '#59117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59117e;
$custom-light: #8d5ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.633,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36507,
    "c": 0.16794,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.04031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59117E

secondary

#61B437

accent

#F33575

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59117E

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

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