#59217A#59217A

#59217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.147 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59217A
RGB	rgb(89, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.61, 41.34, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.61, 57.36, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.7% 0.0942 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(37.7% 0.147 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1758, 4.6169, 18.8690)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59217A #427A21

analogous

#2D217A #59217A #7A216E

triadic

#59217A #7A5921 #217A59

tetradic

#59217A #7A2D21 #427A21 #216E7A

square

#59217A #7A2D21 #427A21 #216E7A

split-complementary

#59217A #6E7A21 #217A2D

monochromatic

#13071A #36144A #59217A #7C2EAA #9C48CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#59217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#59217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59217A

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59217A	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.147 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61a1',
    500: '#59217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59217a;
$custom-light: #8b61a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.753,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37702,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59217A

secondary

#6FAD4A

accent

#E14780

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59217A

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

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