#591E78#591E78

#591E78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.148 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591E78
RGB	rgb(89, 30, 120)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 75%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.98, 42.25, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.98, 57.84, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.2% 0.0978 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(37.2% 0.149 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9736, 4.4087, 18.1966)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591E78 #3D781E

analogous

#2C1E78 #591E78 #781E6A

triadic

#591E78 #78591E #1E7859

tetradic

#591E78 #782C1E #3D781E #1E6A78

square

#591E78 #782C1E #3D781E #1E6A78

split-complementary

#591E78 #6A781E #1E782C

monochromatic

#120618 #351247 #591E78 #7D2AA9 #9E41CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#591E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#591E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591E78

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591E78	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 30, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.148 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b60a0',
    500: '#591e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591e78;
$custom-light: #8b60a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37202,
    "c": 0.1485,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591E78

secondary

#69AC46

accent

#E3457B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591E78

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

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