#59208B#59208B

#59208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.166 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59208B
RGB	rgb(89, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.79, 45.91, -48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.79, 66.80, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% 0.0921 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.166 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2955, 5.0210, 24.9005)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59208B #528B20

analogous

#24208B #59208B #8B2087

triadic

#59208B #8B5920 #208B59

tetradic

#59208B #8B2420 #528B20 #20878B

square

#59208B #8B2420 #528B20 #20878B

split-complementary

#59208B #878B20 #208B24

monochromatic

#190928 #391559 #59208B #792BBD #974FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#59208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#59208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59208B

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59208B	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.166 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62ae',
    500: '#59208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59208b;
$custom-light: #8d62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.963,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38959,
    "c": 0.1661,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59208B

secondary

#80BA4D

accent

#E6428F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59208B

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

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