#59239B#59239B

#59239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.180 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59239B
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, 48.60, -55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 73.70, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.0853 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.18 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6357, 5.6923, 31.5424)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59239B #659B23

analogous

#23299B #59239B #95239B

triadic

#59239B #9B5923 #239B59

tetradic

#59239B #9B2329 #659B23 #239B95

square

#59239B #9B2329 #659B23 #239B95

split-complementary

#59239B #9B9523 #299B23

monochromatic

#200C37 #3C1869 #59239B #762ECD #965EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#59239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#59239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59239B

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59239B	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.180 298.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40667,
    "c": 0.17998,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59239B

secondary

#92BF5A

accent

#E6429C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59239B

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

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