#59338E#59338E

#59338E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.145 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59338E
RGB	rgb(89, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, 37.03, -44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 57.78, 309.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.0707 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.145 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1849, 6.4444, 26.2932)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59338E #688E33

analogous

#333A8E #59338E #86338E

triadic

#59338E #8E5933 #338E59

tetradic

#59338E #8E333A #688E33 #338E86

square

#59338E #8E333A #688E33 #338E86

split-complementary

#59338E #8E8633 #3A8E33

monochromatic

#211334 #3D2361 #59338E #7543BB #9670CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#59338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#59338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59338E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59338E	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.145 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6db0',
    500: '#59338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59338e;
$custom-light: #8c6db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.055,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41687,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59338E

secondary

#95B469

accent

#D7519F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59338E

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

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