#59157A#59157A

#59157A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.161 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59157A
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.89, 46.28, -42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.89, 62.87, 317.40°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.106 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.161 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9002, 4.0655, 18.7771)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59157A #367A15

analogous

#26157A #59157A #7A1568

triadic

#59157A #7A5915 #157A59

tetradic

#59157A #7A2615 #367A15 #15687A

square

#59157A #7A2615 #367A15 #15687A

split-complementary

#59157A #687A15 #157A26

monochromatic

#13041A #330C46 #59157A #7F1EAE #A32EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#59157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#59157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59157A

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59157A	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.161 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ca1',
    500: '#59157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59157a;
$custom-light: #8c5ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.396,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36481,
    "c": 0.16059,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59157A

secondary

#61AF3B

accent

#ED3A75

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59157A

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

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