#591A8A#591A8A

#591A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.171 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591A8A
RGB	rgb(89, 26, 138)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 81.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.86, 48.12, -49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.86, 68.98, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(38.28% 0.0976 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(38.28% 0.171 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0756, 4.6977, 24.4684)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591A8A #4B8A1A

analogous

#211A8A #591A8A #8A1A83

triadic

#591A8A #8A591A #1A8A59

tetradic

#591A8A #8A211A #4B8A1A #1A838A

square

#591A8A #8A211A #4B8A1A #1A838A

split-complementary

#591A8A #838A1A #1A8A21

monochromatic

#170723 #381057 #591A8A #7A24BD #9943DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#591A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#591A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591A8A

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591A8A	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 26, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.171 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5fad',
    500: '#591a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591a8a;
$custom-light: #8d5fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38275,
    "c": 0.17142,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591A8A

secondary

#78BD43

accent

#EB3D89

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591A8A

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

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