#59177D#59177D

#59177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.162 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59177D
RGB	rgb(89, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 46.24, -43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 63.59, 316.64°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.1036 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.162 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1272, 4.2175, 19.7840)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59177D #3B7D17

analogous

#26177D #59177D #7D176E

triadic

#59177D #7D5917 #177D59

tetradic

#59177D #7D2617 #3B7D17 #176E7D

square

#59177D #7D2617 #3B7D17 #176E7D

split-complementary

#59177D #6E7D17 #177D26

monochromatic

#12051A #340D49 #59177D #7E21B1 #9F35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#59177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#59177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59177D

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59177D	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.162 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5da3',
    500: '#59177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59177d;
$custom-light: #8c5da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36902,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59177D

secondary

#67B23E

accent

#EC3C7A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59177D

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

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