#59228E#59228E

#59228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.167 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59228E
RGB	rgb(89, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.36, 45.76, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.36, 67.39, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(39.43% 0.0894 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(39.43% 0.167 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5732, 5.2209, 26.0893)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59228E #578E22

analogous

#23228E #59228E #8E228D

triadic

#59228E #8E5922 #228E59

tetradic

#59228E #8E2322 #578E22 #228D8E

square

#59228E #8E2322 #578E22 #228D8E

split-complementary

#59228E #8D8E22 #228E23

monochromatic

#1B0A2B #3A165D #59228E #782EBF #9654D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#59228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#59228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59228E

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59228E	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.167 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63b0',
    500: '#59228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59228e;
$custom-light: #8d63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39432,
    "c": 0.16703,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59228E

secondary

#85BA52

accent

#E44392

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #59228E

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

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