#59157D#59157D

#59157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.163 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59157D
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.13, 46.95, -44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.13, 64.39, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.1053 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.163 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0889, 4.1410, 19.7712)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59157D #397D15

analogous

#25157D #59157D #7D156D

triadic

#59157D #7D5915 #157D59

tetradic

#59157D #7D2515 #397D15 #156D7D

square

#59157D #7D2515 #397D15 #156D7D

split-complementary

#59157D #6D7D15 #157D25

monochromatic

#13041A #340C49 #59157D #7E1EB1 #A130DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#59157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#59157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59157D

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59157D	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.163 310.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3673,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59157D

secondary

#65B23C

accent

#EE3A78

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59157D

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

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