#59177F#59177F

#59177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.163 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59177F
RGB	rgb(89, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.54, 46.69, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.54, 64.61, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.07% 0.1031 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(37.07% 0.163 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2562, 4.2691, 20.4636)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.03

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59177F #3D7F17

analogous

#25177F #59177F #7F1771

triadic

#59177F #7F5917 #177F59

tetradic

#59177F #7F2517 #3D7F17 #17717F

square

#59177F #7F2517 #3D7F17 #17717F

split-complementary

#59177F #717F17 #177F25

monochromatic

#12051A #350E4B #59177F #7D20B3 #9E36DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#59177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#59177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59177F

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59177F	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.163 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5da5',
    500: '#59177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59177f;
$custom-light: #8c5da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.077,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37068,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59177F

secondary

#69B43E

accent

#EC3C7C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59177F

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

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