#59256E#59256E

#59256E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.128 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59256E
RGB	rgb(89, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(283, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(283, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.48, 36.56, -32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.48, 48.79, 318.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.0902 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.128 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5954, 4.5730, 15.2314)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 6.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59256E #3A6E25

analogous

#35256E #59256E #6E255F

triadic

#59256E #6E5925 #256E59

tetradic

#59256E #6E3525 #3A6E25 #255F6E

square

#59256E #6E3525 #3A6E25 #255F6E

split-complementary

#59256E #5F6E25 #256E35

monochromatic

#130817 #341640 #59256E #7E349C #A04BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#59256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#59256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59256E

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59256E	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.128 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6398',
    500: '#59256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59256e;
$custom-light: #8a6398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.74,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37338,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59256E

secondary

#66A14E

accent

#D94F76

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59256E

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

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