#59279E#59279E

#59279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.179 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59279E
RGB	rgb(89, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 47.56, -55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 73.29, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% 0.081 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.179 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0153, 6.0433, 32.9272)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59279E #6C9E27

analogous

#27309E #59279E #94279E

triadic

#59279E #9E5927 #279E59

tetradic

#59279E #9E2730 #6C9E27 #279E94

square

#59279E #9E2730 #6C9E27 #279E94

split-complementary

#59279E #9E9427 #309E27

monochromatic

#220F3C #3D1B6D #59279E #7535CD #9766D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#59279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#59279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59279E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59279E	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.179 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66bc',
    500: '#59279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59279e;
$custom-light: #8f66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.21,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41379,
    "c": 0.17893,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59279E

secondary

#98BF62

accent

#E444A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59279E

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

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