#591B6F#591B6F

#591B6F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.143 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B6F
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 111)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(284, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 75.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 41.53, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 54.67, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.19% 0.1022 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(36.19% 0.143 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3805, 4.0557, 15.4299)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B6F #316F1B

analogous

#2F1B6F #591B6F #6F1B5B

triadic

#591B6F #6F591B #1B6F59

tetradic

#591B6F #6F2F1B #316F1B #1B5B6F

square

#591B6F #6F2F1B #316F1B #1B5B6F

split-complementary

#591B6F #5B6F1B #1B6F2F

monochromatic

#140619 #320F3E #591B6F #8027A0 #A636CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#591B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#591B6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B6F

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B6F	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.143 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5e99',
    500: '#591b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b6f;
$custom-light: #8b5e99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.286,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36193,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B6F

secondary

#5CA442

accent

#E4446E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B6F

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

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