#5B596A#5B596A

#5B596A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.027 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B596A
RGB	rgb(91, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(247, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(247, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.57, 4.61, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.57, 10.49, 296.11°)
OKLab	oklab(47.21% 0.0096 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(47.21% 0.027 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4877, 10.4094, 15.0896)
Luminance	0.1041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B596A #686A59

analogous

#595F6A #5B596A #63596A

triadic

#5B596A #6A5B59 #596A5B

tetradic

#5B596A #6A595F #686A59 #596A63

square

#5B596A #6A595F #686A59 #596A63

split-complementary

#5B596A #6A6359 #5F6A59

monochromatic

#222127 #3E3D49 #5B596A #78758B #9896A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#5B596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#5B596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B596A

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B596A	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)

#555B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#585C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.027 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898794',
    500: '#5b596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b596a;
$custom-light: #898794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.059,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47213,
    "c": 0.02726,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B596A

secondary

#959689

accent

#B276AB

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0B0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B596A

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

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