#591796#591796

#591796 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.186 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591796
RGB	rgb(89, 23, 150)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 84.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.56, 52.05, -55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.56, 76.24, 313.05°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% 0.0961 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.186 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9299, 4.9386, 29.2783)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591796 #549617

analogous

#1A1796 #591796 #961794

triadic

#591796 #965917 #179659

tetradic

#591796 #961A17 #549617 #179496

square

#591796 #961A17 #549617 #179496

split-complementary

#591796 #949617 #17961A

monochromatic

#1A072C #3A0F61 #591796 #781FCB #9745E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#591796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#591796 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591796

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591796	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 23, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.186 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eb6',
    500: '#591796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591796;
$custom-light: #8f5eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.181,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39093,
    "c": 0.18607,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591796

secondary

#82C345

accent

#F03890

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #591796

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

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