#591E9E#591E9E

#591E9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.188 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591E9E
RGB	rgb(89, 30, 158)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 81%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 51.45, -57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 77.51, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.0885 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.188 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7540, 5.5208, 32.8402)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591E9E #639E1E

analogous

#1E239E #591E9E #991E9E

triadic

#591E9E #9E591E #1E9E59

tetradic

#591E9E #9E1E23 #639E1E #1E9E99

square

#591E9E #9E1E23 #639E1E #1E9E99

split-complementary

#591E9E #9E991E #239E1E

monochromatic

#1F0A37 #3C146B #591E9E #7628D1 #9657DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#591E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#591E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591E9E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591E9E	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 30, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.188 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62bc',
    500: '#591e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591e9e;
$custom-light: #8f62bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.656,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40434,
    "c": 0.18809,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591E9E

secondary

#90C355

accent

#EB3D9B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #591E9E

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

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