#59167E#59167E

#59167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.163 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59167E
RGB	rgb(89, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.34, 46.82, -44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.34, 64.50, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.1042 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.163 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1719, 4.2042, 20.1156)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.01

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59167E #3B7E16

analogous

#25167E #59167E #7E166F

triadic

#59167E #7E5916 #167E59

tetradic

#59167E #7E2516 #3B7E16 #166F7E

square

#59167E #7E2516 #3B7E16 #166F7E

split-complementary

#59167E #6F7E16 #167E25

monochromatic

#12051A #340D4A #59167E #7E1FB2 #9F33DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#59167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#59167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59167E

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59167E	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.163 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5da4',
    500: '#59167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59167e;
$custom-light: #8c5da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.654,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36898,
    "c": 0.16347,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59167E

secondary

#67B33D

accent

#ED3B7A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59167E

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

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