#59238A#59238A

#59238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.162 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59238A
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.19, 44.30, -47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.19, 64.78, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.21% 0.0893 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(39.21% 0.162 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3072, 5.1609, 24.5457)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59238A #548A23

analogous

#25238A #59238A #8A2388

triadic

#59238A #8A5923 #238A59

tetradic

#59238A #8A2523 #548A23 #23888A

square

#59238A #8A2523 #548A23 #23888A

split-complementary

#59238A #888A23 #238A25

monochromatic

#1A0A28 #3A1759 #59238A #782FBB #9754D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#59238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#59238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59238A

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59238A	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.162 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63ad',
    500: '#59238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59238a;
$custom-light: #8d63ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.456,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39211,
    "c": 0.16152,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59238A

secondary

#82B751

accent

#E34590

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59238A

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

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