#59227D#59227D

#59227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.149 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59227D
RGB	rgb(89, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.01, 41.59, -41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.01, 58.42, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.0926 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.149 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3928, 4.7487, 19.8725)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59227D #467D22

analogous

#2B227D #59227D #7D2273

triadic

#59227D #7D5922 #227D59

tetradic

#59227D #7D2B22 #467D22 #22737D

square

#59227D #7D2B22 #467D22 #22737D

split-complementary

#59227D #737D22 #227D2B

monochromatic

#14081D #37154D #59227D #7B2FAD #9A4BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#59227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#59227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59227D

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59227D	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.149 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62a3',
    500: '#59227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59227d;
$custom-light: #8c62a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.264,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38053,
    "c": 0.14863,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59227D

secondary

#73B04B

accent

#E04784

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59227D

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

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