#591F8B#591F8B

#591F8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.167 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591F8B
RGB	rgb(89, 31, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 77.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.64, 46.34, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.64, 67.27, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.093 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.167 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2689, 4.9679, 24.8917)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591F8B #518B1F

analogous

#231F8B #591F8B #8B1F87

triadic

#591F8B #8B591F #1F8B59

tetradic

#591F8B #8B231F #518B1F #1F878B

square

#591F8B #8B231F #518B1F #1F878B

split-complementary

#591F8B #878B1F #1F8B23

monochromatic

#190927 #391459 #591F8B #792ABD #974DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#591F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#591F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591F8B

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591F8B	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 31, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.167 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d61ae',
    500: '#591f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591f8b;
$custom-light: #8d61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38853,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591F8B

secondary

#7FBA4C

accent

#E7418E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591F8B

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

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