#59288B#59288B

#59288B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.156 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59288B
RGB	rgb(89, 40, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 71.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.13, 42.14, -46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.13, 62.64, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.91% 0.0838 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(39.91% 0.156 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5377, 5.5055, 24.9813)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59288B #5A8B28

analogous

#28298B #59288B #8A288B

triadic

#59288B #8B5928 #288B59

tetradic

#59288B #8B2829 #5A8B28 #288B8A

square

#59288B #8B2829 #5A8B28 #288B8A

split-complementary

#59288B #8B8A28 #298B28

monochromatic

#1C0D2C #3B1A5B #59288B #7736BB #965DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#59288B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#59288B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59288B

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59288B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59288B	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59288b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 40, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.156 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c66ae',
    500: '#59288b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59288b;
$custom-light: #8c66ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59288b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.697,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39905,
    "c": 0.15632,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59288B

secondary

#88B659

accent

#DF4995

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59288B

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

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