#591B5F#591B5F

#591B5F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.127 H 324.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B5F
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 95)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 71.6%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 38.15, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 46.65, 324.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.1032 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.127 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5771, 3.7343, 11.1986)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B5F #215F1B

analogous

#371B5F #591B5F #5F1B43

triadic

#591B5F #5F591B #1B5F59

tetradic

#591B5F #5F371B #215F1B #1B435F

square

#591B5F #5F371B #215F1B #1B435F

split-complementary

#591B5F #435F1B #1B5F37

monochromatic

#160718 #2C0D2F #591B5F #86298F #B236BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#591B5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#591B5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B5F

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B5F	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27395D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.127 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5d8d',
    500: '#591b5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b5f;
$custom-light: #8a5d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.706,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35072,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B5F

secondary

#499541

accent

#DF4956

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B5F

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

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