#59178E#59178E

#59178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.178 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59178E
RGB	rgb(89, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.83, 50.16, -51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.83, 72.22, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0988 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.178 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3076, 4.6896, 26.0008)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59178E #4C8E17

analogous

#1D178E #59178E #8E1788

triadic

#59178E #8E5917 #178E59

tetradic

#59178E #8E1D17 #4C8E17 #17888E

square

#59178E #8E1D17 #4C8E17 #17888E

split-complementary

#59178E #888E17 #178E1D

monochromatic

#170625 #380E59 #59178E #7A20C3 #983FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#59178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#59178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59178E

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59178E	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.178 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eb0',
    500: '#59178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59178e;
$custom-light: #8e5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.277,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38366,
    "c": 0.17818,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59178E

secondary

#79C040

accent

#EF398A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #59178E

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

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