#59178B#59178B

#59178B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.175 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59178B
RGB	rgb(89, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 83.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 49.45, -50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 70.70, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0997 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.175 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0853, 4.6008, 24.8305)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59178B #498B17

analogous

#1F178B #59178B #8B1783

triadic

#59178B #8B5917 #178B59

tetradic

#59178B #8B1F17 #498B17 #17838B

square

#59178B #8B1F17 #498B17 #17838B

split-complementary

#59178B #838B17 #178B1F

monochromatic

#160622 #370E56 #59178B #7B20C0 #993DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#59178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#59178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59178B

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59178B	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.175 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5eae',
    500: '#59178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59178b;
$custom-light: #8d5eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.138,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.381,
    "c": 0.17522,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59178B

secondary

#76BF3F

accent

#EE3987

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59178B

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

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