#59196F#59196F

#59196F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.146 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59196F
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 111)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(285, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 77.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 42.36, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 55.61, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.1044 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.146 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3362, 3.9671, 15.4151)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59196F #2F6F19

analogous

#2E196F #59196F #6F195A

triadic

#59196F #6F5919 #196F59

tetradic

#59196F #6F2E19 #2F6F19 #195A6F

square

#59196F #6F2E19 #2F6F19 #195A6F

split-complementary

#59196F #5A6F19 #196F2E

monochromatic

#140619 #310E3D #59196F #8124A1 #A832D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#59196F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#59196F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59196F

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59196F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59196F	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59196f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.146 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5d99',
    500: '#59196f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59196f;
$custom-light: #8b5d99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59196f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.651,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35985,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59196F

secondary

#59A43F

accent

#E6426C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59196F

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

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