#591C78#591C78

#591C78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.151 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591C78
RGB	rgb(89, 28, 120)
HSL	hsl(280, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 76.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.67, 43.12, -40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.67, 58.82, 317.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.0999 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.151 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9246, 4.3106, 18.1802)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591C78 #3B781C

analogous

#2B1C78 #591C78 #781C69

triadic

#591C78 #78591C #1C7859

tetradic

#591C78 #782B1C #3B781C #1C6978

square

#591C78 #782B1C #3B781C #1C6978

split-complementary

#591C78 #69781C #1C782B

monochromatic

#120619 #341046 #591C78 #7E28AA #9F3DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#591C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#591C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591C78

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591C78	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 28, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.151 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fa0',
    500: '#591c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591c78;
$custom-light: #8c5fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.783,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36985,
    "c": 0.15097,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591C78

secondary

#67AC44

accent

#E54379

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591C78

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

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