#591B7B#591B7B

#591B7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.155 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B7B
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 123)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 78%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.76, 44.22, -41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.76, 60.83, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.1003 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.155 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0862, 4.3380, 19.1464)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B7B #3D7B1B

analogous

#291B7B #591B7B #7B1B6D

triadic

#591B7B #7B591B #1B7B59

tetradic

#591B7B #7B291B #3D7B1B #1B6D7B

square

#591B7B #7B291B #3D7B1B #1B6D7B

split-complementary

#591B7B #6D7B1B #1B7B29

monochromatic

#120619 #351049 #591B7B #7D26AD #9E3CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#591B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#591B7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B7B

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B7B	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.155 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fa2',
    500: '#591b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b7b;
$custom-light: #8c5fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37119,
    "c": 0.1552,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B7B

secondary

#69AF43

accent

#E7417C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B7B

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

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