#591B79#591B79

#591B79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.153 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B79
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 121)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 77.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.60, 43.77, -40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.60, 59.80, 317.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.1007 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.153 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9623, 4.2884, 18.4938)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B79 #3B791B

analogous

#2A1B79 #591B79 #791B6A

triadic

#591B79 #79591B #1B7959

tetradic

#591B79 #792A1B #3B791B #1B6A79

square

#591B79 #792A1B #3B791B #1B6A79

split-complementary

#591B79 #6A791B #1B792A

monochromatic

#120619 #341047 #591B79 #7E26AB #9F3BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#591B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#591B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B79

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B79	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.153 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ea0',
    500: '#591b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b79;
$custom-light: #8c5ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.574,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3696,
    "c": 0.15317,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B79

secondary

#67AD43

accent

#E7417A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B79

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

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