#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
RGBrgb(89, 27, 121)
HSLhsl(280, 64%, 29%)
HSVhsv(280, 78%, 47%)
CMYKcmyk(26.4%, 77.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LABlab(24.60, 43.77, -40.76)
CIE-LCHlch(24.60, 59.80, 317.04°)
OKLaboklab(36.96% 0.1007 -0.1154)
OKLCHoklch(36.96% 0.153 311.1)
XYZxyz(7.9623, 4.2884, 18.4938)
Luminance0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##591B791.0011.301.8611.30
#FFFFFF11.301.0021.001.00
#0000001.8621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.301.0021.001.00

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

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#591B79 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva