#5A596D#5A596D

#5A596D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.032 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A596D
RGB	rgb(90, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(243, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(243, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.59, 4.98, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.59, 12.30, 293.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.25% 0.0096 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(47.25% 0.032 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5485, 10.4224, 15.9210)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A596D #6C6D59

analogous

#59626D #5A596D #64596D

triadic

#5A596D #6D5A59 #596D5A

tetradic

#5A596D #6D5962 #6C6D59 #596D64

square

#5A596D #6D5962 #6C6D59 #596D64

split-complementary

#5A596D #6D6459 #626D59

monochromatic

#22222A #3E3D4B #5A596D #76758E #9897AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#5A596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#5A596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A596D

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A596D	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.032 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888796',
    500: '#5a596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a596d;
$custom-light: #888796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47245,
    "c": 0.03206,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A596D

secondary

#989989

accent

#B375B0

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0B0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A596D

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

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