#59277B#59277B

#59277B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.139 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59277B
RGB	rgb(89, 39, 123)
HSL	hsl(276, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 68.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 38.63, -38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 54.58, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.087 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.139 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4198, 5.0051, 19.2576)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59277B #497B27

analogous

#2F277B #59277B #7B2773

triadic

#59277B #7B5927 #277B59

tetradic

#59277B #7B2F27 #497B27 #27737B

square

#59277B #7B2F27 #497B27 #27737B

split-complementary

#59277B #737B27 #277B2F

monochromatic

#160A1E #37184D #59277B #7B36A9 #9954C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#59277B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#59277B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59277B

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59277B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59277B	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59277b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 39, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.139 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b65a2',
    500: '#59277b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59277b;
$custom-light: #8b65a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59277b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38538,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59277B

secondary

#76AD51

accent

#DB4C86

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59277B

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

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