#59237D#59237D

#59237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.147 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59237D
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.18, 41.11, -40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.18, 57.88, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.17% 0.0915 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(38.17% 0.147 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4218, 4.8067, 19.8822)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59237D #477D23

analogous

#2C237D #59237D #7D2374

triadic

#59237D #7D5923 #237D59

tetradic

#59237D #7D2C23 #477D23 #23747D

square

#59237D #7D2C23 #477D23 #23747D

split-complementary

#59237D #747D23 #237D2C

monochromatic

#15081D #37164D #59237D #7B30AD #9A4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#59237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#59237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59237D

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59237D	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.147 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63a3',
    500: '#59237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59237d;
$custom-light: #8c63a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38174,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59237D

secondary

#74AF4C

accent

#E04885

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59237D

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

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