#59208E#59208E

#59208E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.169 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59208E
RGB	rgb(89, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.05, 46.65, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.05, 68.36, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(39.21% 0.0913 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(39.21% 0.169 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5177, 5.1098, 26.0708)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59208E #558E20

analogous

#22208E #59208E #8E208C

triadic

#59208E #8E5920 #208E59

tetradic

#59208E #8E2220 #558E20 #208C8E

square

#59208E #8E2220 #558E20 #208C8E

split-complementary

#59208E #8C8E20 #208E22

monochromatic

#1A092A #3A155C #59208E #782BC0 #9751D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#59208E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#59208E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59208E

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59208E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59208E	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.169 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62b0',
    500: '#59208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59208e;
$custom-light: #8d62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.091,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39214,
    "c": 0.16929,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59208E

secondary

#83BB4F

accent

#E64291

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #59208E

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

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