#591E8D#591E8D

#591E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.170 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591E8D
RGB	rgb(89, 30, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.66, 47.25, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.66, 68.77, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.0934 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.17 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3907, 4.9755, 25.6598)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591E8D #528D1E

analogous

#221E8D #591E8D #8D1E89

triadic

#591E8D #8D591E #1E8D59

tetradic

#591E8D #8D221E #528D1E #1E898D

square

#591E8D #8D221E #528D1E #1E898D

split-complementary

#591E8D #898D1E #1E8D22

monochromatic

#190928 #39135B #591E8D #7929BF #974CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#591E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#591E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591E8D

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591E8D	1.00	10.53	2.00	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 30, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.170 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d61af',
    500: '#591e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591e8d;
$custom-light: #8d61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.892,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3892,
    "c": 0.1704,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591E8D

secondary

#80BC4B

accent

#E8408F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591E8D

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

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