#59277D#59277D

#59277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.142 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59277D
RGB	rgb(89, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(275, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 39.12, -39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 55.66, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.0868 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.142 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5462, 5.0557, 19.9237)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.39

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59277D #4B7D27

analogous

#2E277D #59277D #7D2776

triadic

#59277D #7D5927 #277D59

tetradic

#59277D #7D2E27 #4B7D27 #27767D

square

#59277D #7D2E27 #4B7D27 #27767D

split-complementary

#59277D #767D27 #277D2E

monochromatic

#170A20 #38184E #59277D #7A36AC #9955CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#59277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#59277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59277D

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59277D	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15407B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.142 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b65a3',
    500: '#59277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59277d;
$custom-light: #8b65a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.884,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38687,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59277D

secondary

#78AF51

accent

#DC4C88

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59277D

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

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