#591B6D#591B6D

#591B6D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.141 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B6D
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 109)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 75.2%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 41.09, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 53.65, 319.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.1025 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.141 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2717, 4.0121, 14.8564)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B6D #2F6D1B

analogous

#301B6D #591B6D #6D1B58

triadic

#591B6D #6D591B #1B6D59

tetradic

#591B6D #6D301B #2F6D1B #1B586D

square

#591B6D #6D301B #2F6D1B #1B586D

split-complementary

#591B6D #586D1B #1B6D30

monochromatic

#140619 #310F3C #591B6D #81279E #A835CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#591B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#591B6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B6D

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B6D	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.141 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5e97',
    500: '#591b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b6d;
$custom-light: #8b5e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.366,
    "s": 60.294,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36045,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B6D

secondary

#59A242

accent

#E3446B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B6D

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

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