#59188B#59188B

#59188B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.174 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59188B
RGB	rgb(89, 24, 139)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 82.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 49.10, -50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 70.31, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.18% 0.099 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(38.18% 0.174 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1056, 4.6412, 24.8372)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59188B #4A8B18

analogous

#20188B #59188B #8B1884

triadic

#59188B #8B5918 #188B59

tetradic

#59188B #8B2018 #4A8B18 #18848B

square

#59188B #8B2018 #4A8B18 #18848B

split-complementary

#59188B #848B18 #188B20

monochromatic

#160623 #380F57 #59188B #7A21BF #993FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#59188B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#59188B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59188B

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59188B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59188B	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59188b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 24, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.174 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5eae',
    500: '#59188b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59188b;
$custom-light: #8d5eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59188b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38184,
    "c": 0.17432,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59188B

secondary

#77BE40

accent

#ED3A88

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59188B

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

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