#59229B#59229B

#59229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.181 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59229B
RGB	rgb(89, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 49.04, -55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 74.17, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% 0.0862 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.181 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6067, 5.6343, 31.5327)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59229B #649B22

analogous

#22279B #59229B #96229B

triadic

#59229B #9B5922 #229B59

tetradic

#59229B #9B2227 #649B22 #229B96

square

#59229B #9B2227 #649B22 #229B96

split-complementary

#59229B #9B9622 #279B22

monochromatic

#1F0C37 #3C1769 #59229B #762DCD #965CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#59229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#59229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59229B

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59229B	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.181 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b9',
    500: '#59229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59229b;
$custom-light: #8f64b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40561,
    "c": 0.18102,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59229B

secondary

#91C059

accent

#E7419B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59229B

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

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