#59217D#59217D

#59217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.150 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59217D
RGB	rgb(89, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 42.06, -41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 58.94, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.0938 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.15 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3646, 4.6924, 19.8631)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59217D #457D21

analogous

#2B217D #59217D #7D2173

triadic

#59217D #7D5921 #217D59

tetradic

#59217D #7D2B21 #457D21 #21737D

square

#59217D #7D2B21 #457D21 #21737D

split-complementary

#59217D #737D21 #217D2B

monochromatic

#14071C #37144D #59217D #7B2EAD #9B49CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#59217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#59217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59217D

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59217D	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A3E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.150 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62a3',
    500: '#59217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59217d;
$custom-light: #8c62a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37934,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59217D

secondary

#72B04A

accent

#E14683

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59217D

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

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