#59156E#59156E

#59156E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.149 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59156E
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(286, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(286, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 43.68, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 56.84, 320.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.1084 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.149 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2020, 3.7863, 15.1003)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59156E #2A6E15

analogous

#2C156E #59156E #6E1556

triadic

#59156E #6E5915 #156E59

tetradic

#59156E #6E2C15 #2A6E15 #15566E

square

#59156E #6E2C15 #2A6E15 #15566E

split-complementary

#59156E #566E15 #156E2C

monochromatic

#15051A #2F0B3B #59156E #831FA1 #AC29D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#59156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#59156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59156E

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59156E	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15396C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.149 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5b98',
    500: '#59156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59156e;
$custom-light: #8b5b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.843,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3553,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59156E

secondary

#53A43A

accent

#EB3D66

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59156E

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

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