#591996#591996

#591996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.184 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591996
RGB	rgb(89, 25, 150)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.79, 51.36, -55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.79, 75.49, 312.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.26% 0.0947 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(39.26% 0.184 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9711, 5.0210, 29.2921)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591996 #569619

analogous

#1A1996 #591996 #961995

triadic

#591996 #965919 #199659

tetradic

#591996 #961A19 #569619 #199596

square

#591996 #961A19 #569619 #199596

split-complementary

#591996 #959619 #19961A

monochromatic

#1B082D #3A1062 #591996 #7822CA #9749E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#591996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#591996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591996

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591996	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 25, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.184 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fb6',
    500: '#591996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591996;
$custom-light: #8e5fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.72,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39256,
    "c": 0.18439,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591996

secondary

#84C249

accent

#EE3A92

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #591996

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

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