#59149E#59149E

#59149E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.196 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59149E
RGB	rgb(89, 20, 158)
HSL	hsl(270, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 87.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 54.88, -59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 81.24, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.63% 0.095 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(39.63% 0.196 299)
XYZ	xyz(10.5399, 5.0926, 32.7688)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59149E #599E14

analogous

#14149E #59149E #9E149E

triadic

#59149E #9E5914 #149E59

tetradic

#59149E #9E1414 #599E14 #149E9E

square

#59149E #9E1414 #599E14 #149E9E

split-complementary

#59149E #9E9E14 #149E14

monochromatic

#1C0631 #3A0D68 #59149E #781BD4 #9645E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#59149E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#59149E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59149E

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59149E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59149E	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59149e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 20, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.196 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905ebc',
    500: '#59149e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59149e;
$custom-light: #905ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59149e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39625,
    "c": 0.19611,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59149E

secondary

#87C846

accent

#F43494

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #59149E

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

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