#59178F#59178F

#59178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.179 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59178F
RGB	rgb(89, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.92, 50.39, -52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.92, 72.72, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0985 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.179 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3830, 4.7198, 26.3980)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59178F #4D8F17

analogous

#1D178F #59178F #8F1789

triadic

#59178F #8F5917 #178F59

tetradic

#59178F #8F1D17 #4D8F17 #17898F

square

#59178F #8F1D17 #4D8F17 #17898F

split-complementary

#59178F #898F17 #178F1D

monochromatic

#170626 #380F5A #59178F #7A1FC4 #9840E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#59178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#59178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59178F

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59178F	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.179 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eb1',
    500: '#59178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59178f;
$custom-light: #8e5eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38456,
    "c": 0.17917,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59178F

secondary

#7BC141

accent

#EF398B

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #59178F

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

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