#591B95#591B95

#591B95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.182 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B95
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 149)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 81.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.95, 50.38, -54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.95, 74.18, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.0936 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.182 301)
XYZ	xyz(9.9352, 5.0776, 28.8846)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.17

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B95 #57951B

analogous

#1C1B95 #591B95 #951B94

triadic

#591B95 #95591B #1B9559

tetradic

#591B95 #951C1B #57951B #1B9495

square

#591B95 #951C1B #57951B #1B9495

split-complementary

#591B95 #94951B #1B951C

monochromatic

#1B082D #3A1261 #591B95 #7824C9 #964CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#591B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#591B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B95

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B95	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.182 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e60b5',
    500: '#591b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b95;
$custom-light: #8e60b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.492,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39339,
    "c": 0.1816,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.05078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B95

secondary

#85C14B

accent

#EC3C92

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B95

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

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