#59178C#59178C

#59178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.176 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59178C
RGB	rgb(89, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.65, 49.69, -51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.65, 71.21, 314.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.0994 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.176 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1587, 4.6301, 25.2171)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59178C #4A8C17

analogous

#1F178C #59178C #8C1785

triadic

#59178C #8C5917 #178C59

tetradic

#59178C #8C1F17 #4A8C17 #17858C

square

#59178C #8C1F17 #4A8C17 #17858C

split-complementary

#59178C #858C17 #178C1F

monochromatic

#160623 #380E57 #59178C #7A20C1 #993EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#59178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#59178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59178C

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59178C	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.176 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eaf',
    500: '#59178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59178c;
$custom-light: #8e5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38188,
    "c": 0.17621,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59178C

secondary

#77BF3F

accent

#EF3988

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59178C

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

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