#59157B#59157B

#59157B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.162 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59157B
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 46.50, -43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 63.38, 317.20°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.1058 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.162 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9624, 4.0904, 19.1051)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59157B #377B15

analogous

#26157B #59157B #7B156A

triadic

#59157B #7B5915 #157B59

tetradic

#59157B #7B2615 #377B15 #156A7B

square

#59157B #7B2615 #377B15 #156A7B

split-complementary

#59157B #6A7B15 #157B26

monochromatic

#13041A #330C47 #59157B #7F1EAF #A22FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#59157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#59157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59157B

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59157B	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.162 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ca2',
    500: '#59157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59157b;
$custom-light: #8c5ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36564,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59157B

secondary

#62B03B

accent

#EE3A76

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59157B

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

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