#59138A#59138A

#59138A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.178 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59138A
RGB	rgb(89, 19, 138)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 86.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, 50.54, -50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 71.64, 314.86°)
OKLab	oklab(37.7% 0.1029 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(37.7% 0.178 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9391, 4.4246, 24.4229)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59138A #448A13

analogous

#1D138A #59138A #8A137F

triadic

#59138A #8A5913 #138A59

tetradic

#59138A #8A1D13 #448A13 #137F8A

square

#59138A #8A1D13 #448A13 #137F8A

split-complementary

#59138A #7F8A13 #138A1D

monochromatic

#14041E #360C54 #59138A #7C1AC0 #9B34E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#59138A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#59138A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59138A

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59138A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59138A	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59138a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 19, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.178 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5cad',
    500: '#59138a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59138a;
$custom-light: #8e5cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59138a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 75.796,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.377,
    "c": 0.17763,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59138A

secondary

#71BE3A

accent

#F23583

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59138A

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

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