#59168B#59168B

#59168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.176 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59168B
RGB	rgb(89, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 49.80, -50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 71.08, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.02% 0.1005 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(38.02% 0.176 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0659, 4.5618, 24.8240)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59168B #488B16

analogous

#1F168B #59168B #8B1683

triadic

#59168B #8B5916 #168B59

tetradic

#59168B #8B1F16 #488B16 #16838B

square

#59168B #8B1F16 #488B16 #16838B

split-complementary

#59168B #838B16 #168B1F

monochromatic

#150521 #370E56 #59168B #7B1EC0 #9A3BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#59168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#59168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59168B

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59168B	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.176 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5dae',
    500: '#59168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59168b;
$custom-light: #8e5dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.359,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38018,
    "c": 0.1761,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59168B

secondary

#75BF3E

accent

#EF3887

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59168B

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

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