#591B7D#591B7D

#591B7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.157 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B7D
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 125)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 78.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 44.68, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 61.87, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.0999 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.157 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2127, 4.3885, 19.8125)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B7D #3F7D1B

analogous

#281B7D #591B7D #7D1B70

triadic

#591B7D #7D591B #1B7D59

tetradic

#591B7D #7D281B #3F7D1B #1B707D

square

#591B7D #7D281B #3F7D1B #1B707D

split-complementary

#591B7D #707D1B #1B7D28

monochromatic

#120519 #35104B #591B7D #7D26AF #9D3DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#591B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#591B7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B7D

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B7D	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.157 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fa3',
    500: '#591b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b7d;
$custom-light: #8c5fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 64.474,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3728,
    "c": 0.15722,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B7D

secondary

#6BB143

accent

#E7407E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B7D

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

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