#59227C#59227C

#59227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.148 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59227C
RGB	rgb(89, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 41.35, -40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 57.89, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.0928 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.148 309)
XYZ	xyz(8.3292, 4.7233, 19.5378)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59227C #457C22

analogous

#2C227C #59227C #7C2272

triadic

#59227C #7C5922 #227C59

tetradic

#59227C #7C2C22 #457C22 #22727C

square

#59227C #7C2C22 #457C22 #22727C

split-complementary

#59227C #727C22 #227C2C

monochromatic

#14081C #37154C #59227C #7B2FAC #9B4BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#59227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#59227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59227C

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59227C	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.148 309.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37975,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.04723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59227C

secondary

#72AF4B

accent

#E04883

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59227C

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

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