#591E8B#591E8B

#591E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.168 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591E8B
RGB	rgb(89, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 46.76, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 67.74, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% 0.0939 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.168 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2432, 4.9165, 24.8831)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591E8B #508B1E

analogous

#221E8B #591E8B #8B1E86

triadic

#591E8B #8B591E #1E8B59

tetradic

#591E8B #8B221E #508B1E #1E868B

square

#591E8B #8B221E #508B1E #1E868B

split-complementary

#591E8B #868B1E #1E8B22

monochromatic

#190826 #391359 #591E8B #7929BD #984BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#591E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#591E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591E8B

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591E8B	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.168 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d61ae',
    500: '#591e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591e8b;
$custom-light: #8d61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.477,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38749,
    "c": 0.16831,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591E8B

secondary

#7EBB4A

accent

#E7408D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591E8B

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

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