#5A596B#5A596B

#5A596B is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.029 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A596B
RGB	rgb(90, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(243, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(243, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.52, 4.49, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.52, 11.07, 293.92°)
OKLab	oklab(47.16% 0.0088 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(47.16% 0.029 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4421, 10.3799, 15.3604)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A596B #6A6B59

analogous

#59616B #5A596B #63596B

triadic

#5A596B #6B5A59 #596B5A

tetradic

#5A596B #6B5961 #6A6B59 #596B63

square

#5A596B #6B5961 #6A6B59 #596B63

split-complementary

#5A596B #6B6359 #616B59

monochromatic

#222128 #3E3D4A #5A596B #76758C #9796A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#5A596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#5A596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A596B

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A596B	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#575C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.029 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888795',
    500: '#5a596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a596b;
$custom-light: #888795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47163,
    "c": 0.02885,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A596B

secondary

#969789

accent

#B276AF

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0B0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A596B

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

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