#59218B#59218B

#59218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.165 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59218B
RGB	rgb(89, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.95, 45.46, -48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.95, 66.31, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.07% 0.0911 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(39.07% 0.165 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3228, 5.0757, 24.9096)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59218B #538B21

analogous

#24218B #59218B #8B2188

triadic

#59218B #8B5921 #218B59

tetradic

#59218B #8B2421 #538B21 #21888B

square

#59218B #8B2421 #538B21 #21888B

split-complementary

#59218B #888B21 #218B24

monochromatic

#1A0A28 #39155A #59218B #792DBC #9751D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#59218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#59218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59218B

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59218B	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.165 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62ae',
    500: '#59218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59218b;
$custom-light: #8d62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39068,
    "c": 0.16496,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59218B

secondary

#81B94F

accent

#E5438F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59218B

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

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