#59217E#59217E

#59217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.151 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59217E
RGB	rgb(89, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.92, 42.30, -41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.92, 59.47, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(38.01% 0.0936 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(38.01% 0.151 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4288, 4.7181, 20.2013)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.47

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59217E #467E21

analogous

#2A217E #59217E #7E2174

triadic

#59217E #7E5921 #217E59

tetradic

#59217E #7E2A21 #467E21 #21747E

square

#59217E #7E2A21 #467E21 #21747E

split-complementary

#59217E #747E21 #217E2A

monochromatic

#14081D #37144E #59217E #7B2EAE #9A4AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#59217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#59217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59217E

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59217E	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.151 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62a4',
    500: '#59217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59217e;
$custom-light: #8c62a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.129,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38012,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59217E

secondary

#73B14A

accent

#E24684

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59217E

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

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