#591B7E#591B7E

#591B7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.158 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B7E
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 78.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 44.91, -43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 62.38, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0997 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.158 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2769, 4.4142, 20.1506)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.58

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B7E #407E1B

analogous

#281B7E #591B7E #7E1B71

triadic

#591B7E #7E591B #1B7E59

tetradic

#591B7E #7E281B #407E1B #1B717E

square

#591B7E #7E281B #407E1B #1B717E

split-complementary

#591B7E #717E1B #1B7E28

monochromatic

#120519 #35104C #591B7E #7D26B0 #9D3ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#591B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#591B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B7E

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B7E	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.158 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fa4',
    500: '#591b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b7e;
$custom-light: #8c5fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.576,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37361,
    "c": 0.15823,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B7E

secondary

#6CB243

accent

#E8407F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B7E

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

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