#59177A#59177A

#59177A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.159 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59177A
RGB	rgb(89, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 45.56, -42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 62.07, 317.23°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.1043 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.159 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9384, 4.1420, 18.7899)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59177A #387A17

analogous

#27177A #59177A #7A1769

triadic

#59177A #7A5917 #177A59

tetradic

#59177A #7A2717 #387A17 #17697A

square

#59177A #7A2717 #387A17 #17697A

split-complementary

#59177A #697A17 #177A27

monochromatic

#13051A #330D47 #59177A #7F21AD #A133D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#59177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#59177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59177A

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59177A	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.159 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5da1',
    500: '#59177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59177a;
$custom-light: #8c5da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36656,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59177A

secondary

#64AF3E

accent

#EB3D77

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59177A

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

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