#591B8C#591B8C

#591B8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.172 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B8C
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 140)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 80.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 48.21, -50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 69.59, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0963 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.172 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2443, 4.8012, 25.2456)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B8C #4E8C1B

analogous

#201B8C #591B8C #8C1B87

triadic

#591B8C #8C591B #1B8C59

tetradic

#591B8C #8C201B #4E8C1B #1B878C

square

#591B8C #8C201B #4E8C1B #1B878C

split-complementary

#591B8C #878C1B #1B8C20

monochromatic

#180725 #381159 #591B8C #7A25BF #9846DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#591B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#591B8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B8C

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B8C	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.172 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d60ae',
    500: '#591b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b8c;
$custom-light: #8d60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.92,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38541,
    "c": 0.17245,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B8C

secondary

#7CBD46

accent

#EB3D8B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B8C

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

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