#59158A#59158A

#59158A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.176 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59158A
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 138)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 84.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.25, 49.90, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.25, 70.94, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.1015 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.176 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9744, 4.4952, 24.4347)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59158A #468A15

analogous

#1E158A #59158A #8A1580

triadic

#59158A #8A5915 #158A59

tetradic

#59158A #8A1E15 #468A15 #15808A

square

#59158A #8A1E15 #468A15 #15808A

split-complementary

#59158A #808A15 #158A1E

monochromatic

#140520 #370D55 #59158A #7B1DBF #9A39E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#59158A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#59158A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59158A

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59158A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59158A	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59158a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.176 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5dad',
    500: '#59158a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59158a;
$custom-light: #8d5dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59158a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.872,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3785,
    "c": 0.17599,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59158A

secondary

#73BE3D

accent

#F03885

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59158A

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

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