#591B59#591B59

#591B59 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.122 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B59
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 89)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 36.96, -23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 43.78, 327.59°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.103 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.122 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3148, 3.6294, 9.8172)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B59 #1B591B

analogous

#3A1B59 #591B59 #591B3A

triadic

#591B59 #59591B #1B5959

tetradic

#591B59 #593A1B #1B591B #1B3A59

square

#591B59 #593A1B #1B591B #1B3A59

split-complementary

#591B59 #3A591B #1B593A

monochromatic

#170717 #2A0D2A #591B59 #882988 #B737B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#591B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#591B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B59

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B59	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13305B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.122 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5d88',
    500: '#591b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b59;
$custom-light: #8a5d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34689,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B59

secondary

#418F41

accent

#DD4B4B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B59

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

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