#59169E#59169E

#59169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.195 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59169E
RGB	rgb(89, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 54.28, -59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 80.58, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(39.77% 0.0939 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(39.77% 0.195 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5767, 5.1661, 32.7810)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59169E #5B9E16

analogous

#16179E #59169E #9D169E

triadic

#59169E #9E5916 #169E59

tetradic

#59169E #9E1617 #5B9E16 #169E9D

square

#59169E #9E1617 #5B9E16 #169E9D

split-complementary

#59169E #9E9D16 #179E16

monochromatic

#1C0733 #3B0F68 #59169E #771DD4 #9649E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#59169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#59169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59169E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59169E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.195 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905fbc',
    500: '#59169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59169e;
$custom-light: #905fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.559,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39766,
    "c": 0.1947,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59169E

secondary

#89C749

accent

#F23695

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #59169E

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

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