#591A79#591A79

#591A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.154 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591A79
RGB	rgb(89, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 44.17, -40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 60.26, 317.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.1017 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.154 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9398, 4.2433, 18.4862)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591A79 #3A791A

analogous

#291A79 #591A79 #791A6A

triadic

#591A79 #79591A #1A7959

tetradic

#591A79 #79291A #3A791A #1A6A79

square

#591A79 #79291A #3A791A #1A6A79

split-complementary

#591A79 #6A791A #1A7929

monochromatic

#130519 #340F47 #591A79 #7E25AB #A039D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#591A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#591A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591A79

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591A79	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.154 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ea0',
    500: '#591a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591a79;
$custom-light: #8c5ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.789,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36859,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591A79

secondary

#66AD41

accent

#E84079

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591A79

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

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