#59239D#59239D

#59239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.182 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59239D
RGB	rgb(89, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 49.12, -56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 74.74, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% 0.0847 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.182 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8051, 5.7600, 32.4343)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59239D #679D23

analogous

#232A9D #59239D #96239D

triadic

#59239D #9D5923 #239D59

tetradic

#59239D #9D232A #679D23 #239D96

square

#59239D #9D232A #679D23 #239D96

split-complementary

#59239D #9D9623 #2A9D23

monochromatic

#200D39 #3D186B #59239D #752ECF #965FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#59239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#59239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59239D

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59239D	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.182 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64bb',
    500: '#59239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59239d;
$custom-light: #8f64bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.557,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40845,
    "c": 0.18213,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59239D

secondary

#94C05C

accent

#E7419D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59239D

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

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