#59209C#59209C

#59209C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.184 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59209C
RGB	rgb(89, 32, 156)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 79.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, 50.14, -56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 75.61, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0875 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.184 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6355, 5.5570, 31.9583)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59209C #639C20

analogous

#20259C #59209C #97209C

triadic

#59209C #9C5920 #209C59

tetradic

#59209C #9C2025 #639C20 #209C97

square

#59209C #9C2025 #639C20 #209C97

split-complementary

#59209C #9C9720 #259C20

monochromatic

#1F0B36 #3C1669 #59209C #762ACF #9659DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#59209C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#59209C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59209C

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59209C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59209C	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59209c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 32, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.184 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63ba',
    500: '#59209c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59209c;
$custom-light: #8f63ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59209c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.581,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40445,
    "c": 0.1841,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59209C

secondary

#90C157

accent

#E93F9B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59209C

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

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