#591C8B#591C8B

#591C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.170 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591C8B
RGB	rgb(89, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.21, 47.58, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.21, 68.64, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% 0.0957 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.17 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1942, 4.8185, 24.8668)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591C8B #4E8B1C

analogous

#211C8B #591C8B #8B1C85

triadic

#591C8B #8B591C #1C8B59

tetradic

#591C8B #8B211C #4E8B1C #1C858B

square

#591C8B #8B211C #4E8B1C #1C858B

split-complementary

#591C8B #858B1C #1C8B21

monochromatic

#180725 #381258 #591C8B #7A26BE #9847DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#591C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#591C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591C8B

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591C8B	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.170 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d60ae',
    500: '#591c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591c8b;
$custom-light: #8d60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.973,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3855,
    "c": 0.17042,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591C8B

secondary

#7CBC47

accent

#E93E8B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591C8B

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

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