#59239A#59239A

#59239A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.179 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59239A
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 77.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 48.35, -54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 73.18, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.58% 0.0856 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(40.58% 0.179 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5521, 5.6588, 31.1019)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59239A #649A23

analogous

#23289A #59239A #95239A

triadic

#59239A #9A5923 #239A59

tetradic

#59239A #9A2328 #649A23 #239A95

square

#59239A #9A2328 #649A23 #239A95

split-complementary

#59239A #9A9523 #289A23

monochromatic

#1F0C36 #3C1868 #59239A #762ECC #965DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#59239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#59239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59239A

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59239A	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.179 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64b9',
    500: '#59239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59239a;
$custom-light: #8e64b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.227,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40579,
    "c": 0.1789,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59239A

secondary

#91BF5A

accent

#E6429B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59239A

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

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