#59187C#59187C

#59187C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.159 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59187C
RGB	rgb(89, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 80.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.43, 45.64, -42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.43, 62.67, 316.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.91% 0.1029 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(36.91% 0.159 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0838, 4.2325, 19.4560)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59187C #3B7C18

analogous

#27187C #59187C #7C186D

triadic

#59187C #7C5918 #187C59

tetradic

#59187C #7C2718 #3B7C18 #186D7C

square

#59187C #7C2718 #3B7C18 #186D7C

split-complementary

#59187C #6D7C18 #187C27

monochromatic

#12051A #340E49 #59187C #7E22AF #9F36D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#59187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#59187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59187C

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59187C	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.159 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5da3',
    500: '#59187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59187c;
$custom-light: #8c5da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3691,
    "c": 0.15949,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59187C

secondary

#67B13F

accent

#EA3D7A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59187C

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

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