#591D8F#591D8F

#591D8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.174 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591D8F
RGB	rgb(89, 29, 143)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 79.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 48.14, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 70.26, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.99% 0.0937 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(38.99% 0.174 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5159, 4.9857, 26.4423)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591D8F #538F1D

analogous

#201D8F #591D8F #8F1D8C

triadic

#591D8F #8F591D #1D8F59

tetradic

#591D8F #8F201D #538F1D #1D8C8F

square

#591D8F #8F201D #538F1D #1D8C8F

split-complementary

#591D8F #8C8F1D #1D8F20

monochromatic

#1A0829 #39135C #591D8F #7927C2 #974CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#591D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#591D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591D8F

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591D8F	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 29, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.174 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e61b1',
    500: '#591d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591d8f;
$custom-light: #8e61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 66.279,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38994,
    "c": 0.17351,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591D8F

secondary

#81BD4B

accent

#E93F8F

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #591D8F

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

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