#59197C#59197C

#59197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.158 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59197C
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, 45.25, -42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 62.24, 316.64°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.102 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.158 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1048, 4.2745, 19.4630)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59197C #3C7C19

analogous

#28197C #59197C #7C196E

triadic

#59197C #7C5919 #197C59

tetradic

#59197C #7C2819 #3C7C19 #196E7C

square

#59197C #7C2819 #3C7C19 #196E7C

split-complementary

#59197C #6E7C19 #197C28

monochromatic

#120519 #340F49 #59197C #7E23AF #9F38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#59197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#59197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59197C

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59197C	1.00	11.32	1.85	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.158 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ea3',
    500: '#59197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59197c;
$custom-light: #8c5ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.788,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37004,
    "c": 0.15843,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59197C

secondary

#68B040

accent

#E93E7B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59197C

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

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