#59148B#59148B

#59148B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.178 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59148B
RGB	rgb(89, 20, 139)
HSL	hsl(275, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 85.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 50.45, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 71.80, 314.64°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.1019 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.178 305)
XYZ	xyz(9.0291, 4.4883, 24.8117)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59148B #468B14

analogous

#1D148B #59148B #8B1481

triadic

#59148B #8B5914 #148B59

tetradic

#59148B #8B1D14 #468B14 #14818B

square

#59148B #8B1D14 #468B14 #14818B

split-complementary

#59148B #818B14 #148B1D

monochromatic

#140520 #370C55 #59148B #7B1CC1 #9A37E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#59148B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#59148B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59148B

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59148B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59148B	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59148b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 20, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.178 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5dae',
    500: '#59148b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59148b;
$custom-light: #8e5dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59148b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.79,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37863,
    "c": 0.17779,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59148B

secondary

#73BF3C

accent

#F13685

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59148B

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

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