#59217C#59217C

#59217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.149 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59217C
RGB	rgb(89, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.76, 41.82, -40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.76, 58.41, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.0939 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.149 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3010, 4.6669, 19.5284)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59217C #447C21

analogous

#2B217C #59217C #7C2171

triadic

#59217C #7C5921 #217C59

tetradic

#59217C #7C2B21 #447C21 #21717C

square

#59217C #7C2B21 #447C21 #21717C

split-complementary

#59217C #717C21 #217C2B

monochromatic

#14071B #36144C #59217C #7C2EAC #9B49CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#59217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#59217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59217C

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59217C	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.149 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62a2',
    500: '#59217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59217c;
$custom-light: #8c62a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37856,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59217C

secondary

#71AF4A

accent

#E14782

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59217C

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

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