#591B6A#591B6A

#591B6A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.138 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B6A
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 106)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 74.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 40.44, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 52.13, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.83% 0.1028 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(35.83% 0.138 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1129, 3.9486, 14.0204)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B6A #2C6A1B

analogous

#311B6A #591B6A #6A1B53

triadic

#591B6A #6A591B #1B6A59

tetradic

#591B6A #6A311B #2C6A1B #1B536A

square

#591B6A #6A311B #2C6A1B #1B536A

split-complementary

#591B6A #536A1B #1B6A31

monochromatic

#140618 #300F39 #591B6A #82279B #AB34CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#591B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#591B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B6A

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B6A	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.138 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5e95',
    500: '#591b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b6a;
$custom-light: #8b5e95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.089,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35828,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B6A

secondary

#569F42

accent

#E34567

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B6A

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

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