#59237A#59237A

#59237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.144 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59237A
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.95, 40.39, -39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.95, 56.29, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.0919 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.144 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2330, 4.7312, 18.8881)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59237A #447A23

analogous

#2D237A #59237A #7A236F

triadic

#59237A #7A5923 #237A59

tetradic

#59237A #7A2D23 #447A23 #236F7A

square

#59237A #7A2D23 #447A23 #236F7A

split-complementary

#59237A #6F7A23 #237A2D

monochromatic

#14081B #36154A #59237A #7C31AA #9B4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#59237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#59237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59237A

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59237A	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.144 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63a1',
    500: '#59237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59237a;
$custom-light: #8b63a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37945,
    "c": 0.14402,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59237A

secondary

#71AD4C

accent

#DF4982

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59237A

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

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