#59168D#59168D

#59168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.178 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59168D
RGB	rgb(89, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.63, 50.26, -51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.63, 72.08, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.0998 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.178 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2133, 4.6208, 25.6007)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59168D #4A8D16

analogous

#1E168D #59168D #8D1685

triadic

#59168D #8D5916 #168D59

tetradic

#59168D #8D1E16 #4A8D16 #16858D

square

#59168D #8D1E16 #4A8D16 #16858D

split-complementary

#59168D #858D16 #168D1E

monochromatic

#160523 #380E58 #59168D #7A1EC2 #993DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#59168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#59168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59168D

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59168D	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.178 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5daf',
    500: '#59168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59168d;
$custom-light: #8e5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.782,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38196,
    "c": 0.17806,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59168D

secondary

#77C13E

accent

#F03888

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59168D

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

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