#59359A#59359A

#59359A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.157 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59359A
RGB	rgb(89, 53, 154)
HSL	hsl(261, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(261, 66%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 65.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 39.21, -49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 63.22, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.0672 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.157 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2241, 7.0029, 31.3259)
Luminance	0.0700 (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

#59359A #769A35

analogous

#35449A #59359A #8B359A

triadic

#59359A #9A5935 #359A59

tetradic

#59359A #9A3544 #769A35 #359A8B

square

#59359A #9A3544 #769A35 #359A8B

split-complementary

#59359A #9A8B35 #449A35

monochromatic

#24163F #3F256C #59359A #754BC1 #9879D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#59359A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#59359A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59359A

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59359A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59359A	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59359a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 53, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.157 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6eb8',
    500: '#59359a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59359a;
$custom-light: #8d6eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59359a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.386,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42914,
    "c": 0.15668,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59359A

secondary

#A0B971

accent

#D84FA8

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #59359A

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

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