#59237F#59237F

#59237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.149 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59237F
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 41.60, -41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 58.95, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% 0.0912 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.149 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5508, 4.8583, 20.5618)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59237F #497F23

analogous

#2B237F #59237F #7F2377

triadic

#59237F #7F5923 #237F59

tetradic

#59237F #7F2B23 #497F23 #23777F

square

#59237F #7F2B23 #497F23 #23777F

split-complementary

#59237F #777F23 #237F2B

monochromatic

#16091F #37164F #59237F #7B30AF #994ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#59237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#59237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59237F

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59237F	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.149 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63a5',
    500: '#59237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59237f;
$custom-light: #8c63a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.217,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38329,
    "c": 0.14949,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59237F

secondary

#76B14C

accent

#E04887

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59237F

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

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