#59238F#59238F

#59238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.167 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59238F
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.60, 45.56, -49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.60, 67.42, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(39.63% 0.0883 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(39.63% 0.167 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6776, 5.3090, 26.4962)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59238F #598F23

analogous

#23238F #59238F #8F238F

triadic

#59238F #8F5923 #238F59

tetradic

#59238F #8F2323 #598F23 #238F8F

square

#59238F #8F2323 #598F23 #238F8F

split-complementary

#59238F #8F8F23 #238F23

monochromatic

#1C0B2D #3A175E #59238F #782FC0 #9657D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#59238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#59238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59238F

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59238F	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.167 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d64b1',
    500: '#59238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59238f;
$custom-light: #8d64b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39629,
    "c": 0.16696,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59238F

secondary

#87BA54

accent

#E44494

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #59238F

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

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