#59147E#59147E

#59147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.165 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59147E
RGB	rgb(89, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.10, 47.51, -44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.10, 65.27, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.1058 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.165 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1351, 4.1307, 20.1034)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59147E #397E14

analogous

#24147E #59147E #7E146E

triadic

#59147E #7E5914 #147E59

tetradic

#59147E #7E2414 #397E14 #146E7E

square

#59147E #7E2414 #397E14 #146E7E

split-complementary

#59147E #6E7E14 #147E24

monochromatic

#13041A #340C49 #59147E #7E1CB3 #A12EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#59147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#59147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59147E

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59147E	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.165 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ca4',
    500: '#59147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59147e;
$custom-light: #8c5ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.057,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36733,
    "c": 0.16535,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59147E

secondary

#65B33A

accent

#EF3878

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59147E

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

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