#591B8F#591B8F

#591B8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.175 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B8F
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 143)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 81.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.42, 48.93, -51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.42, 71.12, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% 0.0954 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.176 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4685, 4.8909, 26.4265)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B8F #518F1B

analogous

#1F1B8F #591B8F #8F1B8B

triadic

#591B8F #8F591B #1B8F59

tetradic

#591B8F #8F1F1B #518F1B #1B8B8F

square

#591B8F #8F1F1B #518F1B #1B8B8F

split-complementary

#591B8F #8B8F1B #1B8F1F

monochromatic

#190828 #39115C #591B8F #7925C2 #9748DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#591B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#591B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B8F

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B8F	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.175 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e60b1',
    500: '#591b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b8f;
$custom-light: #8e60b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.069,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38804,
    "c": 0.1755,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B8F

secondary

#7FBE48

accent

#EB3D8E

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B8F

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

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