#591B7F#591B7F

#591B7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.159 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B7F
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 127)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 45.15, -43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 62.90, 315.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0995 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.159 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3417, 4.4402, 20.4922)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B7F #417F1B

analogous

#271B7F #591B7F #7F1B73

triadic

#591B7F #7F591B #1B7F59

tetradic

#591B7F #7F271B #417F1B #1B737F

square

#591B7F #7F271B #417F1B #1B737F

split-complementary

#591B7F #737F1B #1B7F27

monochromatic

#12061A #36104D #591B7F #7C26B1 #9C3ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#591B7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#591B7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B7F

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B7F	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.159 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fa5',
    500: '#591b7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b7f;
$custom-light: #8c5fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 64.935,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37443,
    "c": 0.15925,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B7F

secondary

#6DB343

accent

#E84080

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B7F

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

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