#591B97#591B97

#591B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.184 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B97
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 151)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 82.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, 50.87, -55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 75.20, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(39.52% 0.093 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(39.52% 0.184 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0963, 5.1420, 29.7327)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B97 #59971B

analogous

#1B1B97 #591B97 #971B97

triadic

#591B97 #97591B #1B9759

tetradic

#591B97 #971B1B #59971B #1B9797

square

#591B97 #971B1B #59971B #1B9797

split-complementary

#591B97 #97971B #1B971B

monochromatic

#1C082F #3A1263 #591B97 #7824CB #964DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#591B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#591B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B97

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B97	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.184 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e60b7',
    500: '#591b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b97;
$custom-light: #8e60b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3952,
    "c": 0.18363,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B97

secondary

#87C14C

accent

#EC3B94

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B97

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

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