#59209E#59209E

#59209E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.186 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59209E
RGB	rgb(89, 32, 158)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 79.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 50.64, -57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 76.63, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.63% 0.0869 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(40.63% 0.186 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8063, 5.6253, 32.8576)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59209E #659E20

analogous

#20269E #59209E #98209E

triadic

#59209E #9E5920 #209E59

tetradic

#59209E #9E2026 #659E20 #209E98

square

#59209E #9E2026 #659E20 #209E98

split-complementary

#59209E #9E9820 #269E20

monochromatic

#200B38 #3C166B #59209E #762AD1 #965BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#59209E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#59209E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59209E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59209E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59209E	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59209e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 32, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.186 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63bc',
    500: '#59209e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59209e;
$custom-light: #8f63bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59209e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.143,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40627,
    "c": 0.18621,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59209E

secondary

#92C258

accent

#E93F9C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59209E

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

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