#591B7C#591B7C

#591B7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.156 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B7C
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 124)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 78.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.84, 44.45, -42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.84, 61.35, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.2% 0.1001 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(37.2% 0.156 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1491, 4.3631, 19.4778)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B7C #3E7C1B

analogous

#291B7C #591B7C #7C1B6E

triadic

#591B7C #7C591B #1B7C59

tetradic

#591B7C #7C291B #3E7C1B #1B6E7C

square

#591B7C #7C291B #3E7C1B #1B6E7C

split-complementary

#591B7C #6E7C1B #1B7C29

monochromatic

#120519 #35104A #591B7C #7D26AE #9E3DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#591B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#591B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B7C

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B7C	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.156 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fa3',
    500: '#591b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b7c;
$custom-light: #8c5fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.351,
    "s": 64.238,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37199,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B7C

secondary

#6AB043

accent

#E7417D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B7C

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

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