#591E79#591E79

#591E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.150 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591E79
RGB	rgb(89, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 42.48, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 58.37, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.0976 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.15 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0346, 4.4331, 18.5179)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591E79 #3E791E

analogous

#2C1E79 #591E79 #791E6C

triadic

#591E79 #79591E #1E7959

tetradic

#591E79 #792C1E #3E791E #1E6C79

square

#591E79 #792C1E #3E791E #1E6C79

split-complementary

#591E79 #6C791E #1E792C

monochromatic

#120619 #351248 #591E79 #7D2AAA #9E41D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#591E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#591E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591E79

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591E79	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.150 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c60a0',
    500: '#591e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591e79;
$custom-light: #8c60a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.901,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3728,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591E79

secondary

#6AAD46

accent

#E3447C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #591E79

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

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