#591B96#591B96

#591B96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.183 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B96
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 150)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 82%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.04, 50.63, -54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.04, 74.69, 312.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.43% 0.0933 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(39.43% 0.183 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0154, 5.1096, 29.3068)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B96 #58961B

analogous

#1B1B96 #591B96 #961B96

triadic

#591B96 #96591B #1B9659

tetradic

#591B96 #961B1B #58961B #1B9696

square

#591B96 #961B1B #58961B #1B9696

split-complementary

#591B96 #96961B #1B961B

monochromatic

#1B082E #3A1262 #591B96 #7824CA #964DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#591B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#591B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B96

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B96	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.183 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e60b6',
    500: '#591b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b96;
$custom-light: #8e60b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.244,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39429,
    "c": 0.18262,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B96

secondary

#86C14C

accent

#EC3B93

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B96

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

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