#591B72#591B72

#591B72 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.146 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B72
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 114)
HSL	hsl(283, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(283, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 76.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 42.19, -37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 56.20, 318.65°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.1019 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.146 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5485, 4.1229, 16.3145)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B72 #34721B

analogous

#2E1B72 #591B72 #721B5F

triadic

#591B72 #72591B #1B7259

tetradic

#591B72 #722E1B #34721B #1B5F72

square

#591B72 #722E1B #34721B #1B5F72

split-complementary

#591B72 #5F721B #1B722E

monochromatic

#130619 #320F41 #591B72 #8027A3 #A438D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#591B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#591B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B72

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B72	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.146 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5e9b',
    500: '#591b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b72;
$custom-light: #8b5e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.759,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36418,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B72

secondary

#5FA742

accent

#E54371

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B72

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

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