#59156F#59156F

#59156F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.150 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59156F
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.03, 43.90, -36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.03, 57.34, 319.96°)
OKLab	oklab(35.61% 0.1083 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(35.61% 0.15 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2568, 3.8082, 15.3886)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59156F #2B6F15

analogous

#2C156F #59156F #6F1558

triadic

#59156F #6F5915 #156F59

tetradic

#59156F #6F2C15 #2B6F15 #15586F

square

#59156F #6F2C15 #2B6F15 #15586F

split-complementary

#59156F #586F15 #156F2C

monochromatic

#15051A #300B3C #59156F #821FA2 #AC28D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#59156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#59156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59156F

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59156F	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14396D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.150 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5b99',
    500: '#59156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59156f;
$custom-light: #8b5b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.333,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35606,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59156F

secondary

#55A53A

accent

#EB3D67

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59156F

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

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