#591C8C#591C8C

#591C8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.171 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591C8C
RGB	rgb(89, 28, 140)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 80%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 47.82, -49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 69.15, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% 0.0954 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.171 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2676, 4.8478, 25.2533)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591C8C #4F8C1C

analogous

#211C8C #591C8C #8C1C87

triadic

#591C8C #8C591C #1C8C59

tetradic

#591C8C #8C211C #4F8C1C #1C878C

square

#591C8C #8C211C #4F8C1C #1C878C

split-complementary

#591C8C #878C1C #1C8C21

monochromatic

#180826 #391259 #591C8C #7926BF #9848DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#591C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#591C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591C8C

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591C8C	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 28, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.171 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d60ae',
    500: '#591c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591c8c;
$custom-light: #8d60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.679,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38636,
    "c": 0.17145,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591C8C

secondary

#7DBC48

accent

#EA3E8C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591C8C

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

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