#59188C#59188C

#59188C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.175 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59188C
RGB	rgb(89, 24, 140)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 82.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 49.33, -50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 70.82, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0987 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.175 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1790, 4.6706, 25.2238)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59188C #4B8C18

analogous

#1F188C #59188C #8C1885

triadic

#59188C #8C5918 #188C59

tetradic

#59188C #8C1F18 #4B8C18 #18858C

square

#59188C #8C1F18 #4B8C18 #18858C

split-complementary

#59188C #858C18 #188C1F

monochromatic

#170624 #380F58 #59188C #7A21C0 #9940DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#59188C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#59188C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59188C

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59188C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59188C	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59188c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 24, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.175 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5eaf',
    500: '#59188c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59188c;
$custom-light: #8d5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59188c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.621,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38272,
    "c": 0.17532,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59188C

secondary

#78BF41

accent

#ED3A89

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59188C

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

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