#591C8A#591C8A

#591C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.169 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591C8A
RGB	rgb(89, 28, 138)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 79.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 47.34, -48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 68.12, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0959 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.169 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1215, 4.7894, 24.4837)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591C8A #4D8A1C

analogous

#221C8A #591C8A #8A1C84

triadic

#591C8A #8A591C #1C8A59

tetradic

#591C8A #8A221C #4D8A1C #1C848A

square

#591C8A #8A221C #4D8A1C #1C848A

split-complementary

#591C8A #848A1C #1C8A22

monochromatic

#170724 #381257 #591C8A #7A26BD #9847DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#591C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#591C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591C8A

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591C8A	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 28, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.169 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d60ad',
    500: '#591c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591c8a;
$custom-light: #8d60ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.273,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38464,
    "c": 0.16939,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591C8A

secondary

#7BBB46

accent

#E93F8B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591C8A

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

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