#59359B#59359B

#59359B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.158 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59359B
RGB	rgb(89, 53, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(261, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 65.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, 39.49, -50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 63.78, 308.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.0671 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.158 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3078, 7.0363, 31.7664)
Luminance	0.0704 (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

#59359B #779B35

analogous

#35449B #59359B #8C359B

triadic

#59359B #9B5935 #359B59

tetradic

#59359B #9B3544 #779B35 #359B8C

square

#59359B #9B3544 #779B35 #359B8C

split-complementary

#59359B #9B8C35 #449B35

monochromatic

#251640 #3F256D #59359B #754CC2 #9879D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#59359B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#59359B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59359B

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59359B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59359B	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59359b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 53, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.158 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6eb9',
    500: '#59359b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59359b;
$custom-light: #8d6eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59359b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42993,
    "c": 0.15791,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59359B

secondary

#A1BA72

accent

#D94FA8

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59359B

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

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