#59156C#59156C

#59156C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.147 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59156C
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(287, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.80, 43.26, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.80, 55.84, 320.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.38% 0.1087 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(35.38% 0.147 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0944, 3.7432, 14.5333)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59156C #286C15

analogous

#2E156C #59156C #6C1553

triadic

#59156C #6C5915 #156C59

tetradic

#59156C #6C2E15 #286C15 #15536C

square

#59156C #6C2E15 #286C15 #15536C

split-complementary

#59156C #536C15 #156C2E

monochromatic

#15051A #2F0B39 #59156C #831F9F #AD29D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#59156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#59156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59156C

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59156C	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18386A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.147 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5b97',
    500: '#59156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59156c;
$custom-light: #8b5b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.897,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35378,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59156C

secondary

#51A33A

accent

#EA3D63

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59156C

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

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