#59138E#59138E

#59138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.181 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59138E
RGB	rgb(89, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.39, 51.45, -52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.39, 73.64, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.1015 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.181 304)
XYZ	xyz(9.2340, 4.5426, 25.9763)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59138E #488E13

analogous

#1B138E #59138E #8E1386

triadic

#59138E #8E5913 #138E59

tetradic

#59138E #8E1B13 #488E13 #13868E

square

#59138E #8E1B13 #488E13 #13868E

split-complementary

#59138E #868E13 #138E1B

monochromatic

#150522 #370C58 #59138E #7B1AC4 #9A37E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#59138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#59138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59138E

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59138E	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.181 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5cb0',
    500: '#59138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59138e;
$custom-light: #8e5cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.146,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38061,
    "c": 0.18145,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59138E

secondary

#75C23B

accent

#F33587

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #59138E

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

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