#59197F#59197F

#59197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.161 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59197F
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 45.94, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 63.78, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.1014 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.161 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2974, 4.3516, 20.4774)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.26

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59197F #3F7F19

analogous

#26197F #59197F #7F1972

triadic

#59197F #7F5919 #197F59

tetradic

#59197F #7F2619 #3F7F19 #19727F

square

#59197F #7F2619 #3F7F19 #19727F

split-complementary

#59197F #727F19 #197F26

monochromatic

#12051A #350F4C #59197F #7D23B2 #9D3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#59197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#59197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59197F

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59197F	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.161 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ea5',
    500: '#59197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59197f;
$custom-light: #8c5ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.647,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3725,
    "c": 0.16141,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59197F

secondary

#6BB341

accent

#EA3E7E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59197F

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

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