#59495C#59495C

#59495C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.037 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59495C
RGB	rgb(89, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(291, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(291, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 10.65, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 13.72, 320.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.0287 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.037 321)
XYZ	xyz(8.4339, 7.6618, 11.1577)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59495C #4C5C49

analogous

#50495C #59495C #5C4956

triadic

#59495C #5C5949 #495C59

tetradic

#59495C #5C5049 #4C5C49 #49565C

square

#59495C #5C5049 #4C5C49 #49565C

split-complementary

#59495C #565C49 #495C50

monochromatic

#171318 #382E3A #59495C #7A647E #98839D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#59495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#59495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59495C

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59495C	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.037 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887b8a',
    500: '#59495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59495c;
$custom-light: #887b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 11.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42884,
    "c": 0.03693,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.07662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59495C

secondary

#798B76

accent

#B4737E

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEF0

border

#CAC9CB

text

#0B090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #59495C

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

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