#591B6E#591B6E

#591B6E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.142 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B6E
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 110)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 75.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.78, 41.31, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.78, 54.16, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.1024 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.142 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3258, 4.0338, 15.1415)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B6E #306E1B

analogous

#301B6E #591B6E #6E1B5A

triadic

#591B6E #6E591B #1B6E59

tetradic

#591B6E #6E301B #306E1B #1B5A6E

square

#591B6E #6E301B #306E1B #1B5A6E

split-complementary

#591B6E #5A6E1B #1B6E30

monochromatic

#140619 #310F3D #591B6E #81279F #A736CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#591B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#591B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B6E

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B6E	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.142 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5e98',
    500: '#591b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b6e;
$custom-light: #8b5e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.819,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36119,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B6E

secondary

#5AA342

accent

#E4446C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B6E

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

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