#591C8E#591C8E

#591C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.173 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591C8E
RGB	rgb(89, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.47, 48.30, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.47, 70.18, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0949 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.174 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4164, 4.9073, 26.0371)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591C8E #518E1C

analogous

#201C8E #591C8E #8E1C8A

triadic

#591C8E #8E591C #1C8E59

tetradic

#591C8E #8E201C #518E1C #1C8A8E

square

#591C8E #8E201C #518E1C #1C8A8E

split-complementary

#591C8E #8A8E1C #1C8E20

monochromatic

#190828 #39125B #591C8E #7926C1 #9749DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#591C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#591C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591C8E

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591C8E	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.173 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d60b0',
    500: '#591c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591c8e;
$custom-light: #8d60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.105,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3881,
    "c": 0.1735,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591C8E

secondary

#7FBD49

accent

#EA3E8E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #591C8E

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

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