#59198B#59198B

#59198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.173 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59198B
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 48.73, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 69.91, 314.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0982 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.173 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1266, 4.6832, 24.8442)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59198B #4B8B19

analogous

#20198B #59198B #8B1984

triadic

#59198B #8B5919 #198B59

tetradic

#59198B #8B2019 #4B8B19 #19848B

square

#59198B #8B2019 #4B8B19 #19848B

split-complementary

#59198B #848B19 #198B20

monochromatic

#170623 #381057 #59198B #7A22BF #9941DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#59198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#59198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59198B

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59198B	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.173 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5fae',
    500: '#59198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59198b;
$custom-light: #8d5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.684,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38271,
    "c": 0.17338,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59198B

secondary

#78BE42

accent

#EC3B89

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59198B

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