#59196E#59196E

#59196E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.145 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59196E
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 42.14, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 55.10, 319.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.1045 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.145 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2815, 3.9452, 15.1268)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59196E #2E6E19

analogous

#2F196E #59196E #6E1959

triadic

#59196E #6E5919 #196E59

tetradic

#59196E #6E2F19 #2E6E19 #19596E

square

#59196E #6E2F19 #2E6E19 #19596E

split-complementary

#59196E #596E19 #196E2F

monochromatic

#140619 #310E3C #59196E #8124A0 #A931D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#59196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#59196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59196E

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59196E	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.145 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5d98',
    500: '#59196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59196e;
$custom-light: #8b5d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.176,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3591,
    "c": 0.1446,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59196E

secondary

#58A33F

accent

#E6426A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59196E

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

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