#59319B#59319B

#59319B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.163 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59319B
RGB	rgb(89, 49, 155)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 68.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, 41.70, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 66.18, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.0716 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.163 296)
XYZ	xyz(11.1330, 6.6868, 31.7081)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59319B #739B31

analogous

#313E9B #59319B #8E319B

triadic

#59319B #9B5931 #319B59

tetradic

#59319B #9B313E #739B31 #319B8E

square

#59319B #9B313E #739B31 #319B8E

split-complementary

#59319B #9B8E31 #3E9B31

monochromatic

#24143E #3E226D #59319B #7545C4 #9873D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#59319B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#59319B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59319B

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59319B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59319B	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59319b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 49, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.163 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6cb9',
    500: '#59319b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59319b;
$custom-light: #8e6cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59319b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.642,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42412,
    "c": 0.16329,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.06687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59319B

secondary

#9DBB6D

accent

#DB4CA5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59319B

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

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