#59156B#59156B

#59156B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.146 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59156B
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(287, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.73, 43.06, -34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.73, 55.35, 321.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.3% 0.1089 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(35.3% 0.146 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0415, 3.7220, 14.2546)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59156B #276B15

analogous

#2E156B #59156B #6B1552

triadic

#59156B #6B5915 #156B59

tetradic

#59156B #6B2E15 #276B15 #15526B

square

#59156B #6B2E15 #276B15 #15526B

split-complementary

#59156B #526B15 #156B2E

monochromatic

#15051A #2E0B38 #59156B #841F9E #AE29D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#59156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#59156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59156B

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59156B	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.146 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5b96',
    500: '#59156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59156b;
$custom-light: #8b5b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.442,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35303,
    "c": 0.14637,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59156B

secondary

#50A23A

accent

#EA3E62

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59156B

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

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