#59337C#59337C

#59337C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.122 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59337C
RGB	rgb(89, 51, 124)
HSL	hsl(271, 42%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 59%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 58.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.28, 32.23, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.28, 47.68, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% 0.0711 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.122 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9410, 5.9468, 19.7417)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59337C #567C33

analogous

#35337C #59337C #7C337B

triadic

#59337C #7C5933 #337C59

tetradic

#59337C #7C3533 #567C33 #337B7C

square

#59337C #7C3533 #567C33 #337B7C

split-complementary

#59337C #7B7C33 #337C35

monochromatic

#1B0F25 #3A2151 #59337C #7845A7 #9768C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#59337C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#59337C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59337C

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59337C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59337C	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17447E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26457A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59337c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 51, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.122 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ca2',
    500: '#59337c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59337c;
$custom-light: #8a6ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59337c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.233,
    "s": 41.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40397,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59337C

secondary

#84A962

accent

#D25691

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59337C

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

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