#59198D#59198D

#59198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.175 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59198D
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.99, 49.21, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.99, 70.93, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0976 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.175 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2740, 4.7422, 25.6209)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59198D #4D8D19

analogous

#1F198D #59198D #8D1987

triadic

#59198D #8D5919 #198D59

tetradic

#59198D #8D1F19 #4D8D19 #19878D

square

#59198D #8D1F19 #4D8D19 #19878D

split-complementary

#59198D #878D19 #198D1F

monochromatic

#170725 #381059 #59198D #7A22C1 #9843DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#59198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#59198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59198D

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59198D	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.175 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5faf',
    500: '#59198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59198d;
$custom-light: #8e5faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38447,
    "c": 0.17538,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59198D

secondary

#7BBF43

accent

#ED3B8B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59198D

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

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