#59168E#59168E

#59168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.179 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59168E
RGB	rgb(89, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.72, 50.49, -52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.72, 72.59, 314.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.0995 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.179 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2881, 4.6507, 25.9943)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59168E #4B8E16

analogous

#1D168E #59168E #8E1687

triadic

#59168E #8E5916 #168E59

tetradic

#59168E #8E1D16 #4B8E16 #16878E

square

#59168E #8E1D16 #4B8E16 #16878E

split-complementary

#59168E #878E16 #168E1D

monochromatic

#170624 #380E59 #59168E #7A1EC3 #993DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#59168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#59168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59168E

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59168E	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.179 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eb0',
    500: '#59168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59168e;
$custom-light: #8e5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38286,
    "c": 0.17904,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59168E

secondary

#78C13F

accent

#F03889

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #59168E

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

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