#59237E#59237E

#59237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.148 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59237E
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 41.35, -41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 58.41, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.0914 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.148 308)
XYZ	xyz(8.4860, 4.8324, 20.2203)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59237E #487E23

analogous

#2B237E #59237E #7E2376

triadic

#59237E #7E5923 #237E59

tetradic

#59237E #7E2B23 #487E23 #23767E

square

#59237E #7E2B23 #487E23 #23767E

split-complementary

#59237E #767E23 #237E2B

monochromatic

#15081E #37164E #59237E #7B30AE #9A4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#59237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#59237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59237E

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59237E	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.148 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63a4',
    500: '#59237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59237e;
$custom-light: #8c63a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.604,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38251,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.04832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59237E

secondary

#75B04C

accent

#E04886

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59237E

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

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