#59258E#59258E

#59258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.163 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59258E
RGB	rgb(89, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.84, 44.37, -48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.84, 65.86, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(39.78% 0.0865 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(39.78% 0.163 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6627, 5.3999, 26.1192)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59258E #5A8E25

analogous

#25268E #59258E #8D258E

triadic

#59258E #8E5925 #258E59

tetradic

#59258E #8E2526 #5A8E25 #258E8D

square

#59258E #8E2526 #5A8E25 #258E8D

split-complementary

#59258E #8E8D25 #268E25

monochromatic

#1C0C2D #3B185D #59258E #7732BF #965AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#59258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#59258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59258E

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59258E	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.163 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d65b0',
    500: '#59258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59258e;
$custom-light: #8d65b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.714,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39778,
    "c": 0.16348,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59258E

secondary

#88B956

accent

#E24695

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #59258E

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

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