#59217F#59217F

#59217F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.152 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59217F
RGB	rgb(89, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.99, 42.54, -42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.99, 59.99, 315.15°)
OKLab	oklab(38.09% 0.0934 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(38.09% 0.152 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4936, 4.7440, 20.5428)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.39

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59217F #477F21

analogous

#2A217F #59217F #7F2176

triadic

#59217F #7F5921 #217F59

tetradic

#59217F #7F2A21 #477F21 #21767F

square

#59217F #7F2A21 #477F21 #21767F

split-complementary

#59217F #767F21 #217F2A

monochromatic

#15081E #37144E #59217F #7B2EB0 #9A4AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#59217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#59217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59217F

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59217F	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.152 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62a5',
    500: '#59217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59217f;
$custom-light: #8c62a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38091,
    "c": 0.15208,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59217F

secondary

#74B24A

accent

#E24685

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59217F

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

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