#59158E#59158E

#59158E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.180 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59158E
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.60, 50.82, -52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.60, 72.95, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.1002 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.18 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2693, 4.6132, 25.9880)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.68

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59158E #4A8E15

analogous

#1D158E #59158E #8E1587

triadic

#59158E #8E5915 #158E59

tetradic

#59158E #8E1D15 #4A8E15 #15878E

square

#59158E #8E1D15 #4A8E15 #15878E

split-complementary

#59158E #878E15 #158E1D

monochromatic

#160523 #380D59 #59158E #7A1DC3 #993BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#59158E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#59158E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59158E

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59158E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59158E	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59158e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.180 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5db0',
    500: '#59158e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59158e;
$custom-light: #8e5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59158e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.719,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38208,
    "c": 0.17987,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59158E

secondary

#77C23D

accent

#F13788

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #59158E

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

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