#59236A#59236A

#59236A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.127 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59236A
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(286, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(286, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 36.68, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 47.85, 320.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.0929 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.127 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3220, 4.3668, 14.0901)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59236A #346A23

analogous

#35236A #59236A #6A2357

triadic

#59236A #6A5923 #236A59

tetradic

#59236A #6A3523 #346A23 #23576A

square

#59236A #6A3523 #346A23 #23576A

split-complementary

#59236A #576A23 #236A35

monochromatic

#130817 #32143C #59236A #803298 #A446C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#59236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#59236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59236A

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59236A	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B386C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253D68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.127 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6295',
    500: '#59236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59236a;
$custom-light: #8a6295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.634,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36796,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59236A

secondary

#5F9D4B

accent

#DA4E6F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59236A

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

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