#59147D#59147D

#59147D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.164 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59147D
RGB	rgb(89, 20, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 84%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 47.29, -44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 64.76, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.1061 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.164 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0709, 4.1050, 19.7652)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59147D #387D14

analogous

#25147D #59147D #7D146C

triadic

#59147D #7D5914 #147D59

tetradic

#59147D #7D2514 #387D14 #146C7D

square

#59147D #7D2514 #387D14 #146C7D

split-complementary

#59147D #6C7D14 #147D25

monochromatic

#13041A #330C48 #59147D #7F1CB2 #A12EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#59147D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#59147D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59147D

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59147D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59147D	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59147d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 20, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.164 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ca3',
    500: '#59147d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59147d;
$custom-light: #8c5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59147d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36648,
    "c": 0.1644,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59147D

secondary

#64B23A

accent

#EF3977

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59147D

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

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