#591979#591979

#591979 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.155 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591979
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 44.57, -41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 60.71, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.1027 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.155 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9180, 4.1998, 18.4790)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591979 #397919

analogous

#291979 #591979 #791969

triadic

#591979 #795919 #197959

tetradic

#591979 #792919 #397919 #196979

square

#591979 #792919 #397919 #196979

split-complementary

#591979 #697919 #197929

monochromatic

#130519 #340F46 #591979 #7E23AC #A137D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#591979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#591979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591979

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591979	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.155 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ea0',
    500: '#591979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591979;
$custom-light: #8c5ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36761,
    "c": 0.15545,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591979

secondary

#65AE40

accent

#E93F78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591979

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

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