#59338B#59338B

#59338B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.141 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59338B
RGB	rgb(89, 51, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 63.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.29, 36.21, -42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.29, 56.11, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% 0.0708 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.141 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9627, 6.3555, 25.1229)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59338B #658B33

analogous

#33398B #59338B #85338B

triadic

#59338B #8B5933 #338B59

tetradic

#59338B #8B3339 #658B33 #338B85

square

#59338B #8B3339 #658B33 #338B85

split-complementary

#59338B #8B8533 #398B33

monochromatic

#201231 #3C235E #59338B #7643B8 #966ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#59338B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#59338B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59338B

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59338B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59338B	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#134789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59338b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 51, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.141 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6dad',
    500: '#59338b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59338b;
$custom-light: #8c6dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59338b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.909,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41463,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59338B

secondary

#92B268

accent

#D6529D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59338B

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

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