#591C79#591C79

#591C79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.152 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591C79
RGB	rgb(89, 28, 121)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 76.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.75, 43.35, -40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.75, 59.34, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0997 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.152 311)
XYZ	xyz(7.9856, 4.3350, 18.5015)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591C79 #3C791C

analogous

#2B1C79 #591C79 #791C6B

triadic

#591C79 #79591C #1C7959

tetradic

#591C79 #792B1C #3C791C #1C6B79

square

#591C79 #792B1C #3C791C #1C6B79

split-complementary

#591C79 #6B791C #1C792B

monochromatic

#120619 #341047 #591C79 #7E28AB #9F3DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#591C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#591C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591C79

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591C79	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A3C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 28, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.152 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fa0',
    500: '#591c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591c79;
$custom-light: #8c5fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.355,
    "s": 62.416,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37064,
    "c": 0.15199,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.04335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591C79

secondary

#68AD44

accent

#E5427A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591C79

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

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