#59279C#59279C

#59279C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.177 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59279C
RGB	rgb(89, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.35, 47.04, -54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.35, 72.24, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.21% 0.0814 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(41.21% 0.177 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8445, 5.9750, 32.0280)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59279C #6A9C27

analogous

#272F9C #59279C #93279C

triadic

#59279C #9C5927 #279C59

tetradic

#59279C #9C272F #6A9C27 #279C93

square

#59279C #9C272F #6A9C27 #279C93

split-complementary

#59279C #9C9327 #2F9C27

monochromatic

#210F3A #3D1B6B #59279C #7534CC #9665D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#59279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#59279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59279C

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59279C	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.177 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e66ba',
    500: '#59279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59279c;
$custom-light: #8e66ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.641,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41205,
    "c": 0.17671,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59279C

secondary

#96BE61

accent

#E3459F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59279C

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

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