#59168A#59168A

#59168A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.175 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59168A
RGB	rgb(89, 22, 138)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 84.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 49.56, -50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 70.57, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.1008 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.175 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9931, 4.5327, 24.4410)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59168A #478A16

analogous

#1F168A #59168A #8A1681

triadic

#59168A #8A5916 #168A59

tetradic

#59168A #8A1F16 #478A16 #16818A

square

#59168A #8A1F16 #478A16 #16818A

split-complementary

#59168A #818A16 #168A1F

monochromatic

#150520 #370E55 #59168A #7B1EBF #9A3BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#59168A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#59168A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59168A

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59168A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59168A	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59168a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 22, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.175 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5dad',
    500: '#59168a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59168a;
$custom-light: #8d5dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59168a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.655,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37929,
    "c": 0.17513,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59168A

secondary

#74BE3E

accent

#EF3986

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59168A

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

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