#591F8E#591F8E

#591F8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.170 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591F8E
RGB	rgb(89, 31, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 78.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.90, 47.07, -50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.90, 68.83, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% 0.0922 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.17 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4911, 5.0568, 26.0620)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591F8E #548E1F

analogous

#211F8E #591F8E #8E1F8C

triadic

#591F8E #8E591F #1F8E59

tetradic

#591F8E #8E211F #548E1F #1F8C8E

square

#591F8E #8E211F #548E1F #1F8C8E

split-complementary

#591F8E #8C8E1F #1F8E21

monochromatic

#1A092A #3A145C #591F8E #782AC0 #974FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#591F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#591F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591F8E

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591F8E	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 31, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.170 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d61b0',
    500: '#591f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591f8e;
$custom-light: #8d61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.351,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39109,
    "c": 0.17038,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591F8E

secondary

#82BB4D

accent

#E74190

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #591F8E

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

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