#591A8D#591A8D

#591A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.174 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591A8D
RGB	rgb(89, 26, 141)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 81.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.12, 48.84, -50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.12, 70.52, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0968 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.174 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2958, 4.7857, 25.6281)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591A8D #4E8D1A

analogous

#201A8D #591A8D #8D1A87

triadic

#591A8D #8D591A #1A8D59

tetradic

#591A8D #8D201A #4E8D1A #1A878D

square

#591A8D #8D201A #4E8D1A #1A878D

split-complementary

#591A8D #878D1A #1A8D20

monochromatic

#180726 #381059 #591A8D #7A24C1 #9845DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#591A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#591A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591A8D

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591A8D	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 26, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.174 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5faf',
    500: '#591a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591a8d;
$custom-light: #8d5faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.87,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38536,
    "c": 0.17444,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591A8D

secondary

#7CBE45

accent

#EC3C8C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591A8D

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

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