#59359E#59359E

#59359E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.162 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59359E
RGB	rgb(89, 53, 158)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(261, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 66.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 40.34, -51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 65.44, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% 0.0668 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.162 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5628, 7.1384, 33.1098)
Luminance	0.0714 (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

#59359E #7A9E35

analogous

#35469E #59359E #8E359E

triadic

#59359E #9E5935 #359E59

tetradic

#59359E #9E3546 #7A9E35 #359E8E

square

#59359E #9E3546 #7A9E35 #359E8E

split-complementary

#59359E #9E8E35 #469E35

monochromatic

#251642 #3F2670 #59359E #764DC3 #997BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#59359E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#59359E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59359E

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59359E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59359E	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59359e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 53, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.162 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ebb',
    500: '#59359e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59359e;
$custom-light: #8e6ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59359e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43232,
    "c": 0.16164,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59359E

secondary

#A3BB73

accent

#D94FAA

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #59359E

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

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