#591B85#591B85

#591B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.165 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B85
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 133)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 79.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 46.55, -46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 65.99, 314.86°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.0981 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.165 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7445, 4.6013, 22.6132)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B85 #47851B

analogous

#241B85 #591B85 #851B7C

triadic

#591B85 #85591B #1B8559

tetradic

#591B85 #85241B #47851B #1B7C85

square

#591B85 #85241B #47851B #1B7C85

split-complementary

#591B85 #7C851B #1B8524

monochromatic

#15061F #371152 #591B85 #7B25B8 #9A42D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#591B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#591B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B85

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B85	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.165 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5fa9',
    500: '#591b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b85;
$custom-light: #8d5fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.094,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37941,
    "c": 0.16533,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B85

secondary

#74B844

accent

#E93F85

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B85

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

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