#591E9B#591E9B

#591E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.185 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591E9B
RGB	rgb(89, 30, 155)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 80.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, 50.70, -56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 75.98, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0894 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.185 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4990, 5.4188, 31.4968)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591E9B #609B1E

analogous

#1E229B #591E9B #981E9B

triadic

#591E9B #9B591E #1E9B59

tetradic

#591E9B #9B1E22 #609B1E #1E9B98

square

#591E9B #9B1E22 #609B1E #1E9B98

split-complementary

#591E9B #9B981E #229B1E

monochromatic

#1E0A34 #3C1468 #591E9B #7628CE #9655DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#591E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#591E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591E9B

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591E9B	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 30, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.185 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62b9',
    500: '#591e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591e9b;
$custom-light: #8f62b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.32,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4016,
    "c": 0.18498,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591E9B

secondary

#8DC253

accent

#EA3D99

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #591E9B

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

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