#59158D#59158D

#59158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.179 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59158D
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 50.59, -51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 72.45, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.12% 0.1005 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(38.12% 0.179 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1946, 4.5833, 25.5944)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59158D #498D15

analogous

#1D158D #59158D #8D1585

triadic

#59158D #8D5915 #158D59

tetradic

#59158D #8D1D15 #498D15 #15858D

square

#59158D #8D1D15 #498D15 #15858D

split-complementary

#59158D #858D15 #158D1D

monochromatic

#160522 #370D58 #59158D #7B1DC2 #993BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#59158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#59158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59158D

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59158D	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.179 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5daf',
    500: '#59158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59158d;
$custom-light: #8e5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38118,
    "c": 0.1789,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59158D

secondary

#76C13D

accent

#F13788

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59158D

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

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