#591C8D#591C8D

#591C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.172 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591C8D
RGB	rgb(89, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 48.06, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 69.67, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0951 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.172 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3417, 4.8774, 25.6434)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591C8D #508D1C

analogous

#201C8D #591C8D #8D1C88

triadic

#591C8D #8D591C #1C8D59

tetradic

#591C8D #8D201C #508D1C #1C888D

square

#591C8D #8D201C #508D1C #1C888D

split-complementary

#591C8D #888D1C #1C8D20

monochromatic

#190827 #39125A #591C8D #7926C0 #9849DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#591C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#591C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591C8D

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591C8D	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.172 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d60af',
    500: '#591c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591c8d;
$custom-light: #8d60af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.389,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38723,
    "c": 0.17247,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591C8D

secondary

#7EBD48

accent

#EA3E8D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591C8D

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

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