#59177E#59177E

#59177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.162 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59177E
RGB	rgb(89, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 46.46, -44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 64.10, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.1033 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.162 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1914, 4.2432, 20.1221)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59177E #3C7E17

analogous

#26177E #59177E #7E1770

triadic

#59177E #7E5917 #177E59

tetradic

#59177E #7E2617 #3C7E17 #17707E

square

#59177E #7E2617 #3C7E17 #17707E

split-complementary

#59177E #707E17 #177E26

monochromatic

#12051A #340E4A #59177E #7E20B2 #9F35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#59177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#59177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59177E

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59177E	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.162 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5da4',
    500: '#59177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59177e;
$custom-light: #8c5da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.447,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36985,
    "c": 0.16248,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59177E

secondary

#68B33E

accent

#EC3C7B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59177E

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

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