#59156D#59156D

#59156D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.148 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59156D
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(286, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 43.47, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 56.34, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.1086 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.148 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1479, 3.7646, 14.8152)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59156D #296D15

analogous

#2D156D #59156D #6D1555

triadic

#59156D #6D5915 #156D59

tetradic

#59156D #6D2D15 #296D15 #15556D

square

#59156D #6D2D15 #296D15 #15556D

split-complementary

#59156D #556D15 #156D2D

monochromatic

#15051A #2F0B3A #59156D #831FA0 #AD29D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#59156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#59156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59156D

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59156D	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16396B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.148 317.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35453,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59156D

secondary

#52A33A

accent

#EB3D65

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59156D

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

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