#59198E#59198E

#59198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.176 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59198E
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.08, 49.44, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.08, 71.44, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0973 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.176 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3488, 4.7721, 26.0145)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59198E #4E8E19

analogous

#1F198E #59198E #8E1988

triadic

#59198E #8E5919 #198E59

tetradic

#59198E #8E1F19 #4E8E19 #19888E

square

#59198E #8E1F19 #4E8E19 #19888E

split-complementary

#59198E #888E19 #198E1F

monochromatic

#180726 #38105A #59198E #7A22C2 #9843DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#59198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#59198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59198E

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59198E	1.00	10.74	1.95	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.176 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fb0',
    500: '#59198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59198e;
$custom-light: #8e5fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.821,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38536,
    "c": 0.17638,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59198E

secondary

#7CBF44

accent

#ED3B8C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #59198E

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

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