#59197B#59197B

#59197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.157 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59197B
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 45.02, -42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 61.73, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.1022 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.157 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0419, 4.2494, 19.1316)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59197B #3B7B19

analogous

#28197B #59197B #7B196C

triadic

#59197B #7B5919 #197B59

tetradic

#59197B #7B2819 #3B7B19 #196C7B

square

#59197B #7B2819 #3B7B19 #196C7B

split-complementary

#59197B #6C7B19 #197B28

monochromatic

#120519 #340F48 #59197B #7E23AE #9F38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#59197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#59197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59197B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59197B	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.157 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ea2',
    500: '#59197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59197b;
$custom-light: #8c5ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36922,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59197B

secondary

#67AF40

accent

#E93F7A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59197B

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

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