#59398E#59398E

#59398E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.136 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59398E
RGB	rgb(89, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 33.55, -42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 53.95, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.0631 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.136 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4642, 7.0030, 26.3863)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59398E #6E8E39

analogous

#39448E #59398E #84398E

triadic

#59398E #8E5939 #398E59

tetradic

#59398E #8E3944 #6E8E39 #398E84

square

#59398E #8E3944 #6E8E39 #398E84

split-complementary

#59398E #8E8439 #448E39

monochromatic

#221637 #3E2762 #59398E #754DB7 #9778C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#59398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#59398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59398E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59398E	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)

#094B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.136 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71b0',
    500: '#59398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59398e;
$custom-light: #8c71b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.588,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42639,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59398E

secondary

#99B271

accent

#D255A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59398E

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

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