#591B70#591B70

#591B70 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.144 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B70
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 112)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(284, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 75.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 41.75, -36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 55.18, 319.16°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% 0.1021 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.144 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4359, 4.0778, 15.7215)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B70 #32701B

analogous

#2F1B70 #591B70 #701B5C

triadic

#591B70 #70591B #1B7059

tetradic

#591B70 #702F1B #32701B #1B5C70

square

#591B70 #702F1B #32701B #1B5C70

split-complementary

#591B70 #5C701B #1B702F

monochromatic

#140619 #320F3F #591B70 #8027A1 #A637CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#591B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#591B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B70

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B70	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.144 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5e9a',
    500: '#591b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b70;
$custom-light: #8b5e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.765,
    "s": 61.151,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36267,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B70

secondary

#5DA542

accent

#E4446F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B70

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

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