#59357D#59357D

#59357D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.120 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59357D
RGB	rgb(89, 53, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 40%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 57.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.79, 31.32, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.79, 46.92, 311.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.79% 0.0683 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(40.79% 0.12 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0938, 6.1508, 20.1062)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59357D #597D35

analogous

#35357D #59357D #7D357D

triadic

#59357D #7D5935 #357D59

tetradic

#59357D #7D3535 #597D35 #357D7D

square

#59357D #7D3535 #597D35 #357D7D

split-complementary

#59357D #7D7D35 #357D35

monochromatic

#1C1127 #3A2352 #59357D #7847A8 #966CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#59357D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#59357D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59357D

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59357D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59357D	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B457F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27467B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59357d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 53, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.120 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ea3',
    500: '#59357d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59357d;
$custom-light: #8a6ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59357d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 40.449,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40794,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59357D

secondary

#87A965

accent

#D05794

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59357D

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

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