#59166C#59166C

#59166C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.146 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59166C
RGB	rgb(89, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(287, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 42.89, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 55.42, 320.71°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.1078 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.146 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1131, 3.7807, 14.5395)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59166C #296C16

analogous

#2E166C #59166C #6C1654

triadic

#59166C #6C5916 #166C59

tetradic

#59166C #6C2E16 #296C16 #16546C

square

#59166C #6C2E16 #296C16 #16546C

split-complementary

#59166C #546C16 #166C2E

monochromatic

#150519 #2F0C39 #59166C #83209F #AD2BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#59166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#59166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59166C

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59166C	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18396A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.146 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5c97',
    500: '#59166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59166c;
$custom-light: #8b5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.744,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35469,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59166C

secondary

#52A23C

accent

#E93F64

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59166C

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

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