#59196B#59196B

#59196B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.142 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59196B
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 41.50, -33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 53.59, 320.75°)
OKLab	oklab(35.69% 0.1049 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(35.69% 0.142 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1209, 3.8810, 14.2811)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59196B #2B6B19

analogous

#30196B #59196B #6B1954

triadic

#59196B #6B5919 #196B59

tetradic

#59196B #6B3019 #2B6B19 #19546B

square

#59196B #6B3019 #2B6B19 #19546B

split-complementary

#59196B #546B19 #196B30

monochromatic

#150619 #300D39 #59196B #82259D #AC30CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#59196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#59196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59196B

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59196B	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.142 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5d96',
    500: '#59196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59196b;
$custom-light: #8b5d96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.829,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35688,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59196B

secondary

#55A13F

accent

#E54366

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59196B

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

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