#59118E#59118E

#59118E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.183 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59118E
RGB	rgb(89, 17, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 88%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 52.03, -53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 74.28, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.1028 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.183 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2016, 4.4778, 25.9655)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59118E #468E11

analogous

#1A118E #59118E #8E1184

triadic

#59118E #8E5911 #118E59

tetradic

#59118E #8E1A11 #468E11 #11848E

square

#59118E #8E1A11 #468E11 #11848E

split-complementary

#59118E #848E11 #118E1A

monochromatic

#140421 #370A57 #59118E #7B18C5 #9A33E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#59118E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#59118E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59118E

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59118E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59118E	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59118e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 17, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.183 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5cb0',
    500: '#59118e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59118e;
$custom-light: #8e5cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59118e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.56,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37924,
    "c": 0.18291,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59118E

secondary

#73C238

accent

#F53385

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #59118E

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

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