#59279B#59279B

#59279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.176 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59279B
RGB	rgb(89, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.26, 46.78, -54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.26, 71.71, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.12% 0.0817 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(41.12% 0.176 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7602, 5.9413, 31.5839)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59279B #699B27

analogous

#272F9B #59279B #93279B

triadic

#59279B #9B5927 #279B59

tetradic

#59279B #9B272F #699B27 #279B93

square

#59279B #9B272F #699B27 #279B93

split-complementary

#59279B #9B9327 #2F9B27

monochromatic

#210E39 #3D1B6A #59279B #7533CC #9664D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#59279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#59279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59279B

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59279B	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.176 297.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.862,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41118,
    "c": 0.17559,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59279B

secondary

#95BE60

accent

#E3459F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59279B

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

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