#59279A#59279A

#59279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.174 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59279A
RGB	rgb(89, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.18, 46.51, -53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.18, 71.18, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.03% 0.0819 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(41.03% 0.174 298)
XYZ	xyz(10.6766, 5.9078, 31.1434)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59279A #689A27

analogous

#272F9A #59279A #92279A

triadic

#59279A #9A5927 #279A59

tetradic

#59279A #9A272F #689A27 #279A92

square

#59279A #9A272F #689A27 #279A92

split-complementary

#59279A #9A9227 #2F9A27

monochromatic

#210E38 #3D1B69 #59279A #7533CB #9664D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#59279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#59279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59279A

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59279A	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.174 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e66b9',
    500: '#59279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59279a;
$custom-light: #8e66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41032,
    "c": 0.17448,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.05908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59279A

secondary

#95BD5F

accent

#E3459E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #59279A

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

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