#591F8D#591F8D

#591F8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.169 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591F8D
RGB	rgb(89, 31, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 78%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.81, 46.83, -49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.81, 68.31, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% 0.0925 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.169 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4164, 5.0269, 25.6683)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591F8D #538D1F

analogous

#221F8D #591F8D #8D1F8A

triadic

#591F8D #8D591F #1F8D59

tetradic

#591F8D #8D221F #538D1F #1F8A8D

square

#591F8D #8D221F #538D1F #1F8A8D

split-complementary

#591F8D #8A8D1F #1F8D22

monochromatic

#1A0929 #39145B #591F8D #792ABF #974ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#591F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#591F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591F8D

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591F8D	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	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: #591f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 31, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.169 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d61af',
    500: '#591f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591f8d;
$custom-light: #8d61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39023,
    "c": 0.16932,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591F8D

secondary

#81BB4D

accent

#E7418F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591F8D

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

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