#59167D#59167D

#59167D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.163 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59167D
RGB	rgb(89, 22, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 82.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 46.60, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 64.00, 316.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.1044 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.163 310)
XYZ	xyz(8.1077, 4.1785, 19.7775)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59167D #3A7D16

analogous

#26167D #59167D #7D166E

triadic

#59167D #7D5916 #167D59

tetradic

#59167D #7D2616 #3A7D16 #166E7D

square

#59167D #7D2616 #3A7D16 #166E7D

split-complementary

#59167D #6E7D16 #167D26

monochromatic

#13051A #340D49 #59167D #7E1FB1 #A032DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#59167D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#59167D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59167D

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59167D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59167D	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59167d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 22, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.163 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5da3',
    500: '#59167d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59167d;
$custom-light: #8c5da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59167d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.029,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36814,
    "c": 0.1625,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.04178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59167D

secondary

#66B23D

accent

#ED3B79

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59167D

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

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