#59187B#59187B

#59187B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.159 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59187B
RGB	rgb(89, 24, 123)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 80.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 45.41, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 62.16, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.1032 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.159 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0209, 4.2074, 19.1246)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59187B #3A7B18

analogous

#28187B #59187B #7B186C

triadic

#59187B #7B5918 #187B59

tetradic

#59187B #7B2818 #3A7B18 #186C7B

square

#59187B #7B2818 #3A7B18 #186C7B

split-complementary

#59187B #6C7B18 #187B28

monochromatic

#13051A #340E48 #59187B #7E22AE #A036D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#59187B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#59187B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59187B

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59187B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59187B	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59187b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 24, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.159 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5da2',
    500: '#59187b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59187b;
$custom-light: #8c5da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59187b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.394,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36828,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59187B

secondary

#66B03F

accent

#EA3E79

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59187B

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

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