#59177B#59177B

#59177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.160 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59177B
RGB	rgb(89, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 45.79, -42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 62.58, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.1041 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.16 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0007, 4.1669, 19.1179)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59177B #397B17

analogous

#27177B #59177B #7B176B

triadic

#59177B #7B5917 #177B59

tetradic

#59177B #7B2717 #397B17 #176B7B

square

#59177B #7B2717 #397B17 #176B7B

split-complementary

#59177B #6B7B17 #177B27

monochromatic

#13051A #340D47 #59177B #7E21AF #A133D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#59177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#59177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59177B

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59177B	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.160 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5da2',
    500: '#59177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59177b;
$custom-light: #8c5da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36737,
    "c": 0.15955,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59177B

secondary

#65B03E

accent

#EB3C78

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59177B

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

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