#59167C#59167C

#59167C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.162 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59167C
RGB	rgb(89, 22, 124)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 82.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 46.37, -43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 63.49, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.1047 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.162 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0441, 4.1531, 19.4427)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59167C #397C16

analogous

#26167C #59167C #7C166C

triadic

#59167C #7C5916 #167C59

tetradic

#59167C #7C2616 #397C16 #166C7C

square

#59167C #7C2616 #397C16 #166C7C

split-complementary

#59167C #6C7C16 #167C26

monochromatic

#13051A #340D48 #59167C #7E1FB0 #A132DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#59167C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#59167C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59167C

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59167C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59167C	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59167c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 22, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.162 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ca3',
    500: '#59167c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59167c;
$custom-light: #8c5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59167c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.412,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36731,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59167C

secondary

#65B13D

accent

#ED3B78

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59167C

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

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