#59197A#59197A

#59197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.156 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59197A
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 44.80, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 61.22, 317.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.1025 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.156 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9796, 4.2244, 18.8036)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59197A #3A7A19

analogous

#29197A #59197A #7A196B

triadic

#59197A #7A5919 #197A59

tetradic

#59197A #7A2919 #3A7A19 #196B7A

square

#59197A #7A2919 #3A7A19 #196B7A

split-complementary

#59197A #6B7A19 #197A29

monochromatic

#130519 #340F47 #59197A #7E23AD #A037D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#59197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#59197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59197A

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59197A	1.00	11.38	1.84	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.156 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ea1',
    500: '#59197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59197a;
$custom-light: #8c5ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.588,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36842,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59197A

secondary

#66AF40

accent

#E93F79

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59197A

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

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