#59259B#59259B

#59259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.178 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59259B
RGB	rgb(89, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.94, 47.71, -54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.94, 72.72, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0835 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.178 298)
XYZ	xyz(10.6963, 5.8134, 31.5625)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59259B #679B25

analogous

#252C9B #59259B #94259B

triadic

#59259B #9B5925 #259B59

tetradic

#59259B #9B252C #679B25 #259B94

square

#59259B #9B252C #679B25 #259B94

split-complementary

#59259B #9B9425 #2C9B25

monochromatic

#200D38 #3D196A #59259B #7531CC #9661D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#59259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#59259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59259B

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59259B	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.178 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e65b9',
    500: '#59259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59259b;
$custom-light: #8e65b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.441,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40888,
    "c": 0.17783,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.05814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59259B

secondary

#94BF5D

accent

#E5439D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59259B

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

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