#591D79#591D79

#591D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.151 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591D79
RGB	rgb(89, 29, 121)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 76%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 42.92, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 58.86, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.17% 0.0987 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(37.17% 0.151 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0097, 4.3832, 18.5096)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591D79 #3D791D

analogous

#2B1D79 #591D79 #791D6B

triadic

#591D79 #79591D #1D7959

tetradic

#591D79 #792B1D #3D791D #1D6B79

square

#591D79 #792B1D #3D791D #1D6B79

split-complementary

#591D79 #6B791D #1D792B

monochromatic

#120619 #351148 #591D79 #7D29AA #9E3FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#591D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#591D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591D79

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591D79	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 29, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.151 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fa0',
    500: '#591d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591d79;
$custom-light: #8c5fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 61.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3717,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591D79

secondary

#69AD45

accent

#E4437B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591D79

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

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