#59238C#59238C

#59238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.164 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59238C
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.35, 44.80, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.35, 65.84, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(39.38% 0.0889 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(39.38% 0.164 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4534, 5.2194, 25.3153)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59238C #568C23

analogous

#25238C #59238C #8C238B

triadic

#59238C #8C5923 #238C59

tetradic

#59238C #8C2523 #568C23 #238B8C

square

#59238C #8C2523 #568C23 #238B8C

split-complementary

#59238C #8B8C23 #238C25

monochromatic

#1B0B2A #3A175B #59238C #782FBD #9755D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#59238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#59238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59238C

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59238C	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.164 302.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39377,
    "c": 0.16369,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59238C

secondary

#84B852

accent

#E34592

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59238C

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

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