#59209D#59209D

#59209D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.185 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59209D
RGB	rgb(89, 32, 157)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 79.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 50.39, -57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 76.12, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.0872 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.185 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7206, 5.5910, 32.4061)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59209D #649D20

analogous

#20259D #59209D #98209D

triadic

#59209D #9D5920 #209D59

tetradic

#59209D #9D2025 #649D20 #209D98

square

#59209D #9D2025 #649D20 #209D98

split-complementary

#59209D #9D9820 #259D20

monochromatic

#1F0B37 #3C166A #59209D #762AD0 #965ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#59209D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#59209D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59209D

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59209D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59209D	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59209d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 32, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.185 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63bb',
    500: '#59209d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59209d;
$custom-light: #8f63bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59209d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.36,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40536,
    "c": 0.18516,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59209D

secondary

#91C157

accent

#E93F9B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59209D

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

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