#59228B#59228B

#59228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.164 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59228B
RGB	rgb(89, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 45.01, -48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 65.81, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.18% 0.0901 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(39.18% 0.164 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3510, 5.1320, 24.9190)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59228B #548B22

analogous

#25228B #59228B #8B2289

triadic

#59228B #8B5922 #228B59

tetradic

#59228B #8B2522 #548B22 #22898B

square

#59228B #8B2522 #548B22 #22898B

split-complementary

#59228B #898B22 #228B25

monochromatic

#1A0A29 #3A165A #59228B #782EBC #9753D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#59228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#59228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59228B

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59228B	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.164 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63ae',
    500: '#59228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59228b;
$custom-light: #8d63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3918,
    "c": 0.16379,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59228B

secondary

#82B850

accent

#E44490

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59228B

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

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