#591D78#591D78

#591D78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.150 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591D78
RGB	rgb(89, 29, 120)
HSL	hsl(280, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 75.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 42.69, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 58.34, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.0988 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.15 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9487, 4.3588, 18.1883)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591D78 #3C781D

analogous

#2B1D78 #591D78 #781D6A

triadic

#591D78 #78591D #1D7859

tetradic

#591D78 #782B1D #3C781D #1D6A78

square

#591D78 #782B1D #3C781D #1D6A78

split-complementary

#591D78 #6A781D #1D782B

monochromatic

#120619 #341147 #591D78 #7E29A9 #9F3FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#591D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#591D78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591D78

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591D78	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 29, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.150 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fa0',
    500: '#591d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591d78;
$custom-light: #8c5fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.56,
    "s": 61.074,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37092,
    "c": 0.14974,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591D78

secondary

#68AC45

accent

#E4447A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591D78

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

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