#59238E#59238E

#59238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.166 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59238E
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.52, 45.31, -49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.52, 66.89, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.54% 0.0885 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(39.54% 0.166 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6022, 5.2789, 26.0990)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59238E #588E23

analogous

#23238E #59238E #8E238E

triadic

#59238E #8E5923 #238E59

tetradic

#59238E #8E2323 #588E23 #238E8E

square

#59238E #8E2323 #588E23 #238E8E

split-complementary

#59238E #8E8E23 #238E23

monochromatic

#1B0B2C #3A175D #59238E #782FBF #9656D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#59238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#59238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59238E

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59238E	1.00	10.22	2.06	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.166 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63b0',
    500: '#59238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59238e;
$custom-light: #8d63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.28,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39544,
    "c": 0.16587,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59238E

secondary

#86B953

accent

#E44493

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #59238E

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

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