#59227B#59227B

#59227B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.146 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59227B
RGB	rgb(89, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.86, 41.11, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.86, 57.36, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.9% 0.0929 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(37.9% 0.146 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2663, 4.6981, 19.2064)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59227B #447B22

analogous

#2D227B #59227B #7B2270

triadic

#59227B #7B5922 #227B59

tetradic

#59227B #7B2D22 #447B22 #22707B

square

#59227B #7B2D22 #447B22 #22707B

split-complementary

#59227B #707B22 #227B2D

monochromatic

#14071B #36154B #59227B #7C2FAB #9B4ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#59227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#59227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59227B

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59227B	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.146 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62a2',
    500: '#59227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59227b;
$custom-light: #8b62a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.079,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37898,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59227B

secondary

#71AE4B

accent

#E04882

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59227B

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

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