#591990#591990

#591990 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.178 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591990
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 144)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 82.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 49.92, -52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 72.45, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.0967 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.178 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5003, 4.8327, 26.8124)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591990 #509019

analogous

#1E1990 #591990 #90198B

triadic

#591990 #905919 #199059

tetradic

#591990 #901E19 #509019 #198B90

square

#591990 #901E19 #509019 #198B90

split-complementary

#591990 #8B9019 #19901E

monochromatic

#190728 #39105C #591990 #7922C4 #9845DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#591990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#591990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591990

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591990	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.178 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fb1',
    500: '#591990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591990;
$custom-light: #8e5fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.269,
    "s": 70.414,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38714,
    "c": 0.17838,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591990

secondary

#7EC045

accent

#ED3B8D

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #591990

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

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