#59237C#59237C

#59237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.146 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59237C
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 40.87, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 57.35, 315.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0917 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.146 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3582, 4.7813, 19.5474)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59237C #467C23

analogous

#2C237C #59237C #7C2372

triadic

#59237C #7C5923 #237C59

tetradic

#59237C #7C2C23 #467C23 #23727C

square

#59237C #7C2C23 #467C23 #23727C

split-complementary

#59237C #727C23 #237C2C

monochromatic

#14081D #37164C #59237C #7B30AC #9A4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#59237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#59237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59237C

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59237C	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.146 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63a2',
    500: '#59237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59237c;
$custom-light: #8b63a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.404,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38097,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59237C

secondary

#73AF4C

accent

#DF4984

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59237C

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

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