#59178D#59178D

#59178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.177 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59178D
RGB	rgb(89, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.74, 49.92, -51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.74, 71.71, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.28% 0.0991 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(38.28% 0.177 304)
XYZ	xyz(9.2328, 4.6597, 25.6072)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.82

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59178D #4B8D17

analogous

#1E178D #59178D #8D1786

triadic

#59178D #8D5917 #178D59

tetradic

#59178D #8D1E17 #4B8D17 #17868D

square

#59178D #8D1E17 #4B8D17 #17868D

split-complementary

#59178D #868D17 #178D1E

monochromatic

#170624 #380E58 #59178D #7A20C2 #993FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#59178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#59178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59178D

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59178D	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.177 304.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.559,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38277,
    "c": 0.17719,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.0466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59178D

secondary

#78C040

accent

#EF3989

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59178D

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

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