#59238B#59238B

#59238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.163 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59238B
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.27, 44.55, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.27, 65.31, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.0891 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.163 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3800, 5.1900, 24.9287)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59238B #558B23

analogous

#25238B #59238B #8B2389

triadic

#59238B #8B5923 #238B59

tetradic

#59238B #8B2523 #558B23 #23898B

square

#59238B #8B2523 #558B23 #23898B

split-complementary

#59238B #898B23 #238B25

monochromatic

#1A0A29 #3A175A #59238B #782FBC #9754D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#59238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#59238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59238B

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59238B	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.163 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63ae',
    500: '#59238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59238b;
$custom-light: #8d63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39294,
    "c": 0.1626,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59238B

secondary

#83B852

accent

#E34591

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59238B

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

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