#591D8C#591D8C

#591D8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.170 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591D8C
RGB	rgb(89, 29, 140)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 79.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.44, 47.42, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.44, 68.71, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0945 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.17 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2917, 4.8960, 25.2614)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591D8C #508C1D

analogous

#211D8C #591D8C #8C1D87

triadic

#591D8C #8C591D #1D8C59

tetradic

#591D8C #8C211D #508C1D #1D878C

square

#591D8C #8C211D #508C1D #1D878C

split-complementary

#591D8C #878C1D #1D8C21

monochromatic

#190827 #391259 #591D8C #7928BF #984AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#591D8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#591D8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591D8C

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591D8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591D8C	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591d8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 29, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.170 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d60ae',
    500: '#591d8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591d8c;
$custom-light: #8d60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591d8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38734,
    "c": 0.17041,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591D8C

secondary

#7EBC49

accent

#E93F8D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591D8C

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

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