#59167B#59167B

#59167B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.161 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59167B
RGB	rgb(89, 22, 123)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 82.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.09, 46.15, -42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.09, 62.98, 317.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.1049 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.161 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9812, 4.1279, 19.1114)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59167B #387B16

analogous

#26167B #59167B #7B166A

triadic

#59167B #7B5916 #167B59

tetradic

#59167B #7B2616 #387B16 #166A7B

square

#59167B #7B2616 #387B16 #166A7B

split-complementary

#59167B #6A7B16 #167B26

monochromatic

#13051A #330D47 #59167B #7F1FAF #A131DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#59167B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#59167B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59167B

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59167B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59167B	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59167b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 22, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.161 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ca2',
    500: '#59167b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59167b;
$custom-light: #8c5ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59167b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.802,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36649,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59167B

secondary

#64B03D

accent

#EC3B77

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59167B

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

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