#591579#591579

#591579 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.160 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591579
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 121)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 82.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 46.06, -42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 62.37, 317.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.1062 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.16 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8385, 4.0409, 18.4525)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591579 #357915

analogous

#271579 #591579 #791567

triadic

#591579 #795915 #157959

tetradic

#591579 #792715 #357915 #156779

square

#591579 #792715 #357915 #156779

split-complementary

#591579 #677915 #157927

monochromatic

#13051A #330C45 #591579 #7F1EAD #A32EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#591579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#591579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591579

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591579	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.160 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ca0',
    500: '#591579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591579;
$custom-light: #8c5ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 70.423,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.364,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591579

secondary

#60AF3B

accent

#ED3B74

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591579

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

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