#59197D#59197D

#59197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.159 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59197D
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 45.48, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 62.75, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.1018 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.159 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1684, 4.2999, 19.7977)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59197D #3D7D19

analogous

#27197D #59197D #7D196F

triadic

#59197D #7D5919 #197D59

tetradic

#59197D #7D2719 #3D7D19 #196F7D

square

#59197D #7D2719 #3D7D19 #196F7D

split-complementary

#59197D #6F7D19 #197D27

monochromatic

#12051A #350F4A #59197D #7D23B0 #9E39D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#59197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#59197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59197D

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59197D	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.159 309.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37085,
    "c": 0.15942,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59197D

secondary

#69B140

accent

#EA3E7C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59197D

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

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