#59157C#59157C

#59157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.163 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59157C
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 46.73, -43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 63.88, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.1055 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.163 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0254, 4.1156, 19.4365)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59157C #387C15

analogous

#26157C #59157C #7C156B

triadic

#59157C #7C5915 #157C59

tetradic

#59157C #7C2615 #387C15 #156B7C

square

#59157C #7C2615 #387C15 #156B7C

split-complementary

#59157C #6B7C15 #157C26

monochromatic

#13041A #330C48 #59157C #7F1EB0 #A130DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#59157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#59157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59157C

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59157C	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.163 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ca3',
    500: '#59157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59157c;
$custom-light: #8c5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.612,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36647,
    "c": 0.1625,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59157C

secondary

#64B13C

accent

#EE3A77

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59157C

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

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