#59217B#59217B

#59217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.148 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59217B
RGB	rgb(89, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 41.58, -40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 57.89, 315.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.0941 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.148 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2381, 4.6418, 19.1970)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59217B #437B21

analogous

#2C217B #59217B #7B2170

triadic

#59217B #7B5921 #217B59

tetradic

#59217B #7B2C21 #437B21 #21707B

square

#59217B #7B2C21 #437B21 #21707B

split-complementary

#59217B #707B21 #217B2C

monochromatic

#13071A #36144B #59217B #7C2EAB #9C48CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#59217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#59217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59217B

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59217B	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.148 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62a2',
    500: '#59217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59217b;
$custom-light: #8b62a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37779,
    "c": 0.1478,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59217B

secondary

#70AE4A

accent

#E14781

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59217B

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

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