#59227A#59227A

#59227A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.145 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59227A
RGB	rgb(89, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 72.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.78, 40.87, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.78, 56.83, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.093 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.145 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2040, 4.6732, 18.8784)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59227A #437A22

analogous

#2D227A #59227A #7A226F

triadic

#59227A #7A5922 #227A59

tetradic

#59227A #7A2D22 #437A22 #226F7A

square

#59227A #7A2D22 #437A22 #226F7A

split-complementary

#59227A #6F7A22 #227A2D

monochromatic

#13071A #36154A #59227A #7C2FAA #9C4ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#59227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#59227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59227A

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59227A	1.00	10.85	1.93	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.145 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62a1',
    500: '#59227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59227a;
$custom-light: #8b62a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37822,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59227A

secondary

#70AD4B

accent

#E04881

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59227A

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

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