#59197E#59197E

#59197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.160 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59197E
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.72, 45.71, -43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.72, 63.27, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.17% 0.1016 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(37.17% 0.16 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2326, 4.3256, 20.1359)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59197E #3E7E19

analogous

#27197E #59197E #7E1971

triadic

#59197E #7E5919 #197E59

tetradic

#59197E #7E2719 #3E7E19 #19717E

square

#59197E #7E2719 #3E7E19 #19717E

split-complementary

#59197E #717E19 #197E27

monochromatic

#12051A #350F4B #59197E #7D23B1 #9E3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#59197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#59197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59197E

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59197E	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.160 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ea4',
    500: '#59197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59197e;
$custom-light: #8c5ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.02,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37167,
    "c": 0.16042,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59197E

secondary

#6AB241

accent

#EA3E7D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59197E

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

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