#592A8E#592A8E

#592A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.157 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#592A8E
RGB	rgb(89, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 41.90, -47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 63.14, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.0812 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.157 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8291, 5.7327, 26.1746)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.18

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#592A8E #5F8E2A

analogous

#2A2D8E #592A8E #8B2A8E

triadic

#592A8E #8E592A #2A8E59

tetradic

#592A8E #8E2A2D #5F8E2A #2A8E8B

square

#592A8E #8E2A2D #5F8E2A #2A8E8B

split-complementary

#592A8E #8E8B2A #2D8E2A

monochromatic

#1E0E30 #3B1C5F #592A8E #7738BD #9662D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#592A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#592A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #592A8E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##592A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##592A8E	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #592a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.157 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d67b0',
    500: '#592a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #592a8e;
$custom-light: #8d67b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#592a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40406,
    "c": 0.15715,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#592A8E

secondary

#8DB65D

accent

#DE4A98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #592A8E

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

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