#591A8E#591A8E

#591A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.175 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591A8E
RGB	rgb(89, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, 49.07, -51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 71.03, 313.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.0965 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.175 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3706, 4.8156, 26.0218)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591A8E #4F8E1A

analogous

#1F1A8E #591A8E #8E1A89

triadic

#591A8E #8E591A #1A8E59

tetradic

#591A8E #8E1F1A #4F8E1A #1A898E

square

#591A8E #8E1F1A #4F8E1A #1A898E

split-complementary

#591A8E #898E1A #1A8E1F

monochromatic

#180727 #39115A #591A8E #7923C2 #9845DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#591A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#591A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591A8E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591A8E	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.175 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fb0',
    500: '#591a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591a8e;
$custom-light: #8e5fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.586,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38624,
    "c": 0.17545,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591A8E

secondary

#7DBE45

accent

#EC3C8C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #591A8E

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

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