#591B7A#591B7A

#591B7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.154 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B7A
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 122)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 77.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 43.99, -41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 60.32, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.1005 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.154 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0239, 4.3130, 18.8184)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B7A #3C7A1B

analogous

#2A1B7A #591B7A #7A1B6C

triadic

#591B7A #7A591B #1B7A59

tetradic

#591B7A #7A2A1B #3C7A1B #1B6C7A

square

#591B7A #7A2A1B #3C7A1B #1B6C7A

split-complementary

#591B7A #6C7A1B #1B7A2A

monochromatic

#120619 #341048 #591B7A #7E26AC #9F3CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#591B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#591B7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B7A

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B7A	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.154 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fa1',
    500: '#591b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b7a;
$custom-light: #8c5fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.158,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37039,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B7A

secondary

#68AE43

accent

#E7417B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B7A

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

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