#592B8B#592B8B

#592B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.152 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#592B8B
RGB	rgb(89, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 40.60, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 60.94, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% 0.0805 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.152 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6428, 5.7156, 25.0163)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#592B8B #5D8B2B

analogous

#2B2D8B #592B8B #892B8B

triadic

#592B8B #8B592B #2B8B59

tetradic

#592B8B #8B2B2D #5D8B2B #2B8B89

square

#592B8B #8B2B2D #5D8B2B #2B8B89

split-complementary

#592B8B #8B892B #2D8B2B

monochromatic

#1D0E2E #3B1D5C #592B8B #7739BA #9662CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#592B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#592B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #592B8B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##592B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##592B8B	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #592b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.152 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68ae',
    500: '#592b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #592b8b;
$custom-light: #8c68ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#592b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.75,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40301,
    "c": 0.1523,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#592B8B

secondary

#8BB55D

accent

#DC4C97

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #592B8B

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

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