#59239C#59239C

#59239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.181 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59239C
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, 48.86, -55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 74.22, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% 0.085 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.181 298)
XYZ	xyz(10.7201, 5.7260, 31.9865)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59239C #669C23

analogous

#23299C #59239C #96239C

triadic

#59239C #9C5923 #239C59

tetradic

#59239C #9C2329 #669C23 #239C96

square

#59239C #9C2329 #669C23 #239C96

split-complementary

#59239C #9C9623 #299C23

monochromatic

#200D38 #3C186A #59239C #762ECE #965EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#59239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#59239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59239C

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59239C	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.181 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64ba',
    500: '#59239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59239c;
$custom-light: #8f64ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.777,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40756,
    "c": 0.18106,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.05726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59239C

secondary

#93C05B

accent

#E6419D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59239C

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

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