#59157E#59157E

#59157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.164 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59157E
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 47.17, -44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 64.89, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.105 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.164 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1531, 4.1667, 20.1094)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.92

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59157E #3A7E15

analogous

#25157E #59157E #7E156F

triadic

#59157E #7E5915 #157E59

tetradic

#59157E #7E2515 #3A7E15 #156F7E

square

#59157E #7E2515 #3A7E15 #156F7E

split-complementary

#59157E #6F7E15 #157E25

monochromatic

#13041A #340C4A #59157E #7E1EB2 #A031DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#59157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#59157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59157E

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59157E	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.164 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ca4',
    500: '#59157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59157e;
$custom-light: #8c5ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36814,
    "c": 0.16442,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59157E

secondary

#66B33C

accent

#EE3A79

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59157E

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

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