#59218E#59218E

#59218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.168 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59218E
RGB	rgb(89, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 46.21, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 67.88, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% 0.0904 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.168 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5450, 5.1645, 26.0799)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59218E #568E21

analogous

#23218E #59218E #8E218D

triadic

#59218E #8E5921 #218E59

tetradic

#59218E #8E2321 #568E21 #218D8E

square

#59218E #8E2321 #568E21 #218D8E

split-complementary

#59218E #8D8E21 #218E23

monochromatic

#1B0A2B #3A155C #59218E #782DC0 #9752D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#59218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#59218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59218E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59218E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.168 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62b0',
    500: '#59218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59218e;
$custom-light: #8d62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.826,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39321,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59218E

secondary

#84BA50

accent

#E54292

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #59218E

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

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